30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.



Ver. 30. And the apostles gathered themselves to Jesus] As the chickens, frightened by the kite, hover and cover under the hen’s wing, that had before lain dusting themselves in the sunshine. So the disciples, terrified perhaps with the tidings of John’s death, run to Christ for shelter, óõíáãïíôáé , under the shadow of the Almighty, Psa_91:1. Fides est quae te pullastrum, Christum gallinam facit, ut sub pennis eius speres; nam salus in pennis eius, saith Luther. It is faith that maketh thee the chicken, Christ the hen, that thou mayest hope for help under his wings.