My departing; either out of this country, or out of this life. Grievous wolves; so false teachers and persecutors are called, the one destroying the body, the other the soul. In this the metaphor is persisted in; the disciples of Christ being as sheep or lambs, their enemies are by our Saviour himself called wolves. Matthew 7:15.
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Acts 20:29
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.