Matthew 16:27 (WEB)
For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will give to everyone according to his deeds.
Fathers and councils · 25
Augustine of Hippo
“And who is this but Thee, our God, the sweetness and well-spring of righteousness, who renderest “to every man according to his deeds,” and despisest not “a broken and a contrite heart!”” — editor's note: Rom. ii. 6, and Matt. xvi. 27.
Read the whole comment“He is righteous; who “shall render to every man according to his works.”” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 27.
Read the whole comment“Yea, our Lord Himself very frequently uses the words, “The Son of man,” or, “The Son of God,” instead of saying, “I.” So, again, He tells us that “it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day,” instead of saying, “It behoved me to suffer.”” — editor's note: Matt. ix. 6, xvi. 27.
Read the whole comment“Matthew continues thus: “Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;” and so on, down to the words, “And then He shall reward every man according to his work.”” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 24–27.
Read the whole comment“While thou livest, be doing, if thou art to be doing at all; for then shall come that appalling night, to envelope the wicked in its folds.” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 27.
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John Chrysostom
“…that findeth his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose it for my sake, shall find it;”as by saying, “He shall reward every man according to his works,” He had manifested both of these): having, I say, spoken of both, the kingdom indeed He shows in the vision, but hell not yet.” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 27. [τν πρξιν ατο.]
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Basil the Great
“…shall we have in the day of the awful universal judgment of all-creation, if, when the Lord clearly announces that He will come “in the glory of his Father;” when Stephen beheld Jesus standing at the right hand of God; when Paul testified in the spirit concerning Christ “that he is at the right hand of God;” when…” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 27.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“But if you regard the contempt, the weakness, the cross of Christ as a disgrace, you should remember His words, Verily I say unto you, From henceforth ye shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of Heaven.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxvi. 64; cf. xvi. 27.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
Because He had said, Whoso will save, shall lose, and whoso will lose shall save, opposing saving to losing, that none should hence conclude that there was any equality between the losing on one side, and the saving…
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I suppose also that he gains the world who does not deny himself, nor loses his own life as to carnal pleasures, and thence suffers the loss of his soul. These two things being set before us, we must rather choose to…
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But if you should reign over the whole world, you would not be able to buy your soul; whence it follows, “Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” As much as to say, if you lose goods, you may have it in…
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And at first sight indeed the ransom of the soul might he supposed to be in his substance, that a man should give his substance to the poor, and so should save his soul. But I suppose that a man has nothing that…
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Or the connexion may be thus; The Holy Church has a period of persecution, and a period of peace; and our Redeemer accordingly distinguishes between these periods in His commands; in time of persecution the life is…
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Having thus called upon His disciples to deny themselves and take up their cross, the hearers were filled with great terror, therefore these severe tidings are followed by more joyful; “For the Son of Man shall come…
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As much as to say; The Son of Man is now come, but not in glory; for He ought not to have been ordained in His glory to bear our sins; but then He shall come in His glory, when He shall first have made ready His…
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He said not in such glory as is that of the Father, that you might not suppose a difference of glory, but He says, “The glory of the Father,” that it might be shewn to be the same glory. But if the glory is one, it…
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For there is no difference of Jew or Gentile, man or woman, poor or rich, where not persons but works are accepted.
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This He said to call to their minds not only the punishment of sinners, but the prizes and crowns of the righteous.
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But the secret thought of the Apostles might have suffered an offence of this sort; The killings and deaths you speak of as to be now, but the promise of your coming in glory is put off to a long distant time. He…
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Willing to shew what is that glory in which He shall come hereafter, He revealed it to them in this present life, so far as it was possible for them to receive it, that they might not have sorrow in their Lord’s death
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What is here said, therefore, was fulfilled in the three disciples to whom the in Lord, when transfigured in the mount, shewed the joys of the eternal inheritance; these saw “Him coming in His kingdom,” that is,…
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Therefore He does not reveal the names of those who should ascend into the mount, because the rest would be very desirous to accompany them whither they might look upon the pattern of His glory, and would be grieved…
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Or, by the kingdom of God is meant the present Church, and because some of His disciples were to live so long in the body as to behold the Church of God built up and raised against the glory of this world, this…
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Morally; To those who are nearly brought to the faith, the Word of God wears the form of a servant; but to those that are perfect, He comes in the glory of the Father. His angels are the words of the Prophets, which…
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It is of the saints He speaks as tasting death, by whom the death of the body is tasted just as it were sipping, while the life of the soul is held fast in possession.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.56.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.56.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.56.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.56.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.56.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.56.
Cited together in Confessions IV.3.
Cited together in Confessions IV.3.
Cited together in Confessions IV.3.
Cited together in Confessions IV.3.
Cited together in Confessions IV.3.
Cited together in Confessions IV.3.