Matthew 16:28 (WEB)
Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
Fathers and councils · 25
Ambrose of Milan
“To begin with, learn, from further testimonies [of Scripture], how that the kingdom of heaven is also the kingdom of the Son: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, that there are some amongst those which stand here with us, who shall not taste death, until they see the Son of Man coming into His kingdom.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xvi. 28.
Read the whole comment“For indeed the apostles knew not death, according to that which was said: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, many of those standing here shall not taste death until they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xvi. 28.
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Augustine of Hippo
“This vision of the Lord upon the mount in the presence of the three disciples, Peter, James, and John, on which occasion also the testimony of the Father’s voice was borne Him from heaven, is related by the three evangelists in the same order, and in a manner expressing the same sense completely.” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 28-xvii. 9; Mark viii. 39-ix. 9; Luke ix. 27–36.
Read the whole comment“For it is this of which He had said, “Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here which shall not taste of death till they see the Son of Man in His Kingdom.”” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 28.
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John Chrysostom
“Matt. XVI. 28.” — the author cites it
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…when He had said to His apostles “There be some standing here which shall not taste of death till they see the Son of man coming in His Father’s glory,” took them after six days into an exceeding high mountain, and was transfigured before them, and His face became as the sun, and His raiment was bright like the…” — editor's note: Matt. xvi. 28. Observe variation. The mss. agree.
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Catena Aurea on John
- OrigenCatena Aurea on John
“(Matt. 16:28) But when a man hears Christ’s words and keeps them, he shall not see death.” — the author cites it
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Leo the Great
“…and significantly, had He promised that certain of the disciples standing by should not taste death till they saw “the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom,” that is, in the kingly brilliance which, as specially belonging to the nature of His assumed Manhood, He wished to be conspicuous to these three men.” — editor's note: S. Matt. xvi. 28. Leo’s application of the prophesy is almost too fanciful to be the true one, though he stands by no means alone among commentaters (ancient…
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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 · 22
Parallel passages
Matthew 16:28 and Mark 9:1 share the same wording (18 words).
Matthew 16:28 and Luke 9:27 share the same wording (12 words).
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Cited together in Origen on John 8:52–56 (Catena Aurea).
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Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.
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Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.
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Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.12.
