ground and making mud with the spittle and anointing the man's eyes with it, Jn 9:6. Augustine
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4. See Ps 45:2. 5. See Gal 4:31.26-27.
6. See Jn 11:52. 7. See Jn 1:11.10.5.
8. A striking expression, which alludes to Jesus' cure of the man bom blind by spitting on the ground and making mud with the spittle and anointing the man's eyes with it, Jn 9:6. Augustine consistently interprets the spittle mixed with earth as a symbol of the Word becoming flesh.
9. See Jn 14:3.