Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
Ver. 10. Art thou a master, &c.] The Pharisees and philosophers, for their learning, are called "princes of this world," 1 Corinthians 2:8. And yet, had they known, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory. Indocti rapiunt coelum, &c. The poor are gospelized, ευαγγελιζονται , Mat 11:5 not only receive it, but are changed by it. But Bellarmine cannot find in all the Bible where remission of sin is promised to such as confess their sins to God; Promissio de remittendis peccatis eis qui confitentur Deo non videtur ulla extare in divinis literis. (Bell. de Justif. i. 21.)
And knowest not these things] Carolostadius was eight years doctor when he began to read the Scriptures, whereof he had very little understanding; and yet at the taking of his degree he had been pronounced sufficientissimus.