[The crowds] caused the Pharisees to turn away. They loathed the high priests. They lifted up in song their voices befitting to God. They caused creation to rejoice. They sanctified the air. They shook the dead beforehand. They opened heaven. They planted paradise. They stirred up the dead to the same zeal. For that reason some of the Greeks at that time…

It irritated the high priests and Pharisees to hear from the crowds: "The King of Israel." They were hearing what they did not wish to hear. They were used to addressing him as one possessed by demons, But these were proclaiming him "King": "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel." Who is the one who suggested this…

[The Greeks say,] "We wish to see Jesus"—not so much in order to look him in his face, as to carry the cross. And therefore Jesus, having seen their intention, Openly said to those present: "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified." Glorified—referring to the conversion of the Greeks; A glory that the Jews donned But that the nations put on.…