“Promittit se scientiam Dei habere, et filium Dei se nominat.”
“He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth himself the child of the Lord.”
“He professes to have knowledge of God, And names himself servant of the Lord.”
Knowledge. The prophets spoke to sinners in the name of God, and many of them lost their lives in the cause. Christ appeared as a new star, to promote their welfare; yet this only serves to irritate them. (Calmet) (John viii. 16.)