Exodus 19:16 (WEB)
On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Catechism · 1
“The one and true God first reveals his glory to Israel.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 19:16-25; 24:15-18.
Fathers and councils · 6
Athanasius of Alexandria
“But in order that the proclamation should not be thought merely human, being superhuman, its sounds resembled those which were uttered when they trembled before the mount; and they were reminded of the law that was then given them, and kept it.” — editor's note: Exod. xix. 16.
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John Chrysostom
“For it is said, “And God came down in thick darkness.” ( Ex. xix. 16, 20.)” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
When the Lord threatens, He shews a dark cloud, as on Sinai [margin note: Ex 19:9,16]; but here where He sought not to terrify but to teach, there appeared a bright cloud.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The dove and the fire, indeed, seem to me more like that flame which appeared to Moses in the bush, or that pillar which the people followed in the wilderness, or the thunders and lightnings which came when the Law was given in the mount.” — editor's note: Ex. xix. 16
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Moreover, before this, when the law was first given, the trumpet-blasts, and lightnings, and thunders, and darkness, and the smoke of the whole mountain, and the terrible threats that if even a beast touched the mountain it should be stoned, and other like alarms, kept back the rest of the people, for whom it…” — editor's note: Ib. xix. 16.
Read the whole comment“…at all, for it would be dangerous to him; but if he be at least temporarily purified, let him remain below and listen to the Voice alone, and the trumpet, the bare words of piety, and let him see the Mountain smoking and lightening, a terror at once and a marvel to those who cannot get up.” — editor's note: Ib. xix. 16–18.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Catechism §2085.
Cited together in Catechism §2085.
Cited together in Catechism §2085.
Cited together in Catechism §2085.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:5–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:5–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:5–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:5–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:5–9 (Catena Aurea).