When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Ver. 19. His wife sent unto him] There are those who think that this woman's dream was of the devil; thereby to have hindered the work of redemption by this composition. Satan and his agents, when they cannot conquer, would fain compound. Others will have it to be a divine dream, because it was sent, say they, for the better clearing of Christ's innocence, even while he stood at the bar; yea, for the salvation of this woman's soul, as Theophylact is of the opinion. Opus providentiae Dei; non ut solveretur Christus, sed ut servaretur uxor.