SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #108
But there are also many other things which Jesus did which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written. (John 21:25)
HOLY SCRIPTURE IS NOT THE ONLY SOURCE OF FAITH: Scripture, after relating the purifying of the Temple, says that Jesus performed many miracles in Jerusalem and the neighborhood; but what these miracles were, the holy Evangelists do not tell us. This shows us that not everything which Jesus did and taught is related in Holy Scripture. St. John writes at the end of his Gospel: "There are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written!" Christian revelation is, therefore, only partly contained in Holy Scripture.
[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)
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