John Trapp on John 1:19

Verſe 19. Jewes ſent Priests.] Whoſe proper office it was to enquire into new Doctrines, and by preſerving, Bonos illos quidem viros, ſed certè non pereruditos. Cic. 20 de Finib. Vives in Aug. de Civ. Dei 4. c. 1. to preſent knowledge to the people, who were to ſeeke the Law at the Prieſts mouth, Mal, 2.7. Cicero complains of his Roman Prieſts, that they were good honeſt men, but not very skilfull. And V[illegible: 3 letters]o upbraids them with their ignorance of much, about their own gods and religions.