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“Our wrestling is not [against flesh and blood].”
Jacob, and the wrestling of the angel.
Jerome, in the commentaries, thinks those to be ridiculous who deem that Jacob contended with the angel by a corporeal wrestling. See above, Annotation 111 of the preceding book.
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Sixtus of Siena, O.P., “Annotation CCCVIII, Jacob, and the wrestling of the angel (Ephesians 6:12),” in Annotations on the New Testament, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/bibliotheca-sancta-nt/310-annotation-cccviii-jacob-and-the-wrestling-of-the-angel-ephe/.
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