Haydock Commentary: What Does This Mean?

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The Haydock Commentary has the following note on Luke 10:34 (from last week’s Sunday Gospel:
Ver. 34. This is the allegorical meaning of the parable: The man that fell among robbers, represents Adam and his posterity; Jerusalem, the state of peace and innocence, which man leaves by going down to Jericho, which means to moon, the state of trouble and sin: the robbers represent the devil, who stripped him of his supernatural gifts, and wounded him in his natural faculties: the priest and Levite represent the old law: the Samaritan, Christ; and the beast, his humanity. The inn means the Church; wine, the blood of Christ; oil, his mercy; whilst the host signifies St. Peter and his successors, the bishops and priests of the Church. (Origen, St. Jerome, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, and others)
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What is the highlighted portion referring to?
 
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The Haydock Commentary has the following note on Luke 10:34 (from last week’s Sunday Gospel:What is the highlighted portion referring to?
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The highlighted portion contains a transcription error; it should be: … Jericho, which means the moon…

In Hebrew, Jerusalem literally means “teaching of peace;” Jericho literally means “it’s moon.” The moon, because of its changeable appearance (phases), is a symbol of the state of trouble and sin.
 
Thanks Todd - it does make some sense when phrased in that way.
 
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