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Thomas Aquinas had an unusual view of John 1:11 (unusual to me, at least):
He came, I say, unto his own, i.e., to Judea, according to some, because it was in a special way his own. In Judea God is known (Ps 75:1); the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel (Isa 5:7). But it is better to say, unto his own, i.e., into the world created by him. The earth is the Lord’s (Ps 23:1).
Thomas Aquinas, Super Evangelium S. Ioannis Lectura (1270-72), C.1.L6.n143.2.
He came, I say, unto his own, i.e., to Judea, according to some, because it was in a special way his own. In Judea God is known (Ps 75:1); the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel (Isa 5:7). But it is better to say, unto his own, i.e., into the world created by him. The earth is the Lord’s (Ps 23:1).
Thomas Aquinas, Super Evangelium S. Ioannis Lectura (1270-72), C.1.L6.n143.2.