Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I:
IRENÆUS: XXIII.

XXIII.

“And he mounted upon his ass.” 4834 The ass was the type of the body of Christ, upon whom all men, resting from their labours, are borne as in a chariot. For the Saviour has taken up the burden of our sins. 4835 Now the angel who appeared to Balaam was the Word Himself; and in His hand He held a sword, to indicate the power which He had from above.

Footnotes

Num. 22:22, 23.

From one of the mss. Stieren would insert ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ σώματι, in His own body; see 1 Pet. ii. 24.