“The Lord Spat on the Ground and Made Clay”
Irenaeus cites John’s account in order to demonstrate the divine identity of Jesus Christ, associating him with the God of Israel who creates and resurrects.
Exegetical Lessons from Gregory of Nazianzus
We uphold the divine and the human natures of Christ when we attribute some texts to the Son in his divine nature, while attributing other texts to the Son in his human nature for the sake of accomplishing salvation.