It was this image, representing as slain and harmless the creature which was destroying them, which became the remedy for the pains it inflicted.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
But this, falling upon Christ, fell harmless.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
The victim of this harmless accident would not, under ordinary circumstances, have taken it lightly.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey