John Trapp on John 10:38

Verſe 38. But if I do, though ye, &c.] q. d. Stumble not at the meanneſſe of my perſon, condition, followers, &c. When it was ſometime diſputed among the Romanes in the Councell, uſing to deifie great men, whether Chriſt, having done many wounderfull works, ſhould be received into the number of the Gods? it was at length concluded (ſaith the Hiſtorian) quod non deberet recipi inter Deos, pro eo quod non haberet cultores, propter hoc quod paupertatem praedicaret & eligeret, quam mundus contemnit.