Verse 16. — And there shall be hope for the needy. 36. He made firm the hope of his own. For when the poor one is rescued, the needy is brought back to hope, because the lowly people of the faithful, at the death of the Redeemer, was shaken with fear, but at his rising was made firm. For the very first poor of this people, namely the elect preachers, were struck down by the sight of his death, but restored by his manifested resurrection. When therefore the poor one is saved, the needy receives hope, because at the rising of the Lord in the flesh, each of the faithful grows strong unto confidence of eternal life. But behold, now in manifest showing the Truth has come, now he has borne the death of the flesh, and by rising has destroyed it, now he has honoured his resurrection with the glory of his ascension;
and yet the tongue of the Hebrews ceases not still to assail him with insults; whom indeed he tolerates with equanimity, that by tolerating some he may convert others, and may one day more severely strike others who are in no wise converted. For then shall the tongue of the unbelieving be struck dumb from the unbridling of its loquacity, when it shall see him come as a just judge, whom it now unjustly judged. Whence too it is well subjoined: