"12In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders
in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan."
"12. Wonderful things He did in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt and in the field of Tanis. He does not say “in their sight” but “in the sight of their fathers.” Yet they were accused of having forgotten the benefits which they had heard and come to know from their fathers. This is to say that Christ did miracles in the sight of the apostles and their successors among the Jewish people and the Gentiles throughout the world. And not only have we heard, but we have also known them. In German, Wir wissen, dass es also ist [as we have heard and seen], and we cannot deny it. For the experience of sight agrees with hearing [corroborates it], just as then the children could not deny that they had been led out of Egypt. For though they only heard about the exodus, they nevertheless saw that they were in the place to which their fathers had been led. So we, too, though we did not see Christ’s suffering and the wonders by which He led mankind out of the world into the church, we do see by experience that we are in the church. For all that we hear and read agrees with our experience. Therefore, like them we, too, are deservedly rebuked because though we see that we are in a land flowing with milk and honey, we nevertheless forget the works of God by means of which He led us and our fathers into it (that is, His cross and suffering)."
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