Matthew 24:28 (WEB)
For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together.
Fathers and councils · 31
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Inasmuch as then, “wheresoever the carcase is, there shall also the eagles be gathered together,” we do participate in the glory of the Lord, who has both formed us, and prepared us for this, that, when we are with Him, we may partake of His glory.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 28.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And He shall send His angels with a great trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from the heights of heaven, even into the farthest bounds thereof.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 4–31.
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Augustine of Hippo
Chapter LXXVII.—Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three Evangelists in Their Narratives of the Discourse Which He Delivered on the Mount of Olives, When the Disciples Asked When the Consummation Should Happen.…
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John Chrysostom
“For wheresoever the carcase is, there shall the eagles be gathered together.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 23–28. [The citation is in verbal agreement with the received text.—R.]
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Jerome
““Wheresoever the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 28.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 27, 28.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
When the Lord had finished all that related to Jerusalem, He came in the rest to His own coming, and gives them signs thereof, useful not for them only, but for us and for all who shall be after us. As above, the…
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Wherein He shews that His second coming shall be not in lowliness as His first, but in glory; and therefore it is folly to seek in places little and obscure for Him who is the Light of the whole world. [marg note:…
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Notwithstanding, by reason of the great tribulation in which men shall be cast, false prophets promising to shew aid present from Christ, will falsely affirm that Christ is present in divers places, that they may…
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He speaks here of Antichrist, and of certain his ministers, whom He calls false Christs and false prophets, such as were many in the time of the Apostles; but before Christ’s second coming there shall come others…
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Here the Lord forewarns us that even wicked men shall do some miracles which the saints cannot do, yet are they not therefore to be thought to have a higher place in the sight of God. For the Egyptian magi were not…
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Yet are we not therefore to think that this visible material world attends the nod of the disobedient angels, but rather the power is given them of God. Nor are we to suppose that such evil angels have creative…
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When then Antichrist shall have wrought wonderful prodigies before the eyes of the carnal, he shall draw men after him, all such as delight in present goods, surrendering themselves irrevocably to his sway, “Insomuch…
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That, “If it were possible,” is spoken hyperbolically; not that the elect can be led astray, but He wishes to shew that the discourse of heretics is often so persuasive, as to have force to prevail even with those…
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Or, because the heart of the elect is assailed with fearful thoughts, yet their faithfulness is not shaken, the Lord comprehends both under the same sentence, for to waver in thought is to err. He adds, “If it were…
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He says not this because it is possible for the divine election to be defeated, but because they, who to men’s judgment seemed elect, shall be led into error.
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And as darts, when foreseen, are less likely to hit, He adds, “Lo, I have told you.” Our Lord announces the woes which are to precede the destruction of the world, that when they come they may alarm the less from…
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The false prophets, of whom He had spoken above, shall say of Christ one while, “Lo, He is in the desert,” in order that they may cause men to wander astray; another while, “Lo, He is in the secret chambers,” that…
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As He had above described in what guise Antichrist should come, so here He describes how He Himself shall come. For as the lightning needeth none to herald or announce it, but is in an instant of time visible…
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By an instance from nature, which we daily see, we are instructed in a sacrament of Christ. Eagles and vultures are said to scent dead bodies even beyond sea, and to flock to feed upon them. If then birds, not having…
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That we might not be ignorant of the place in which He should come, He adds this, “Wheresoever the carcase, &c.” He calls the Saints “eagles,” from the spiritual flight of their bodies, and shews that their gathering…
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And observe, He says not vultures or crows, but “eagles,” shewing the lordliness and royalty of all who have believed in the Lord’s passion.
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They are called eagles whose youth is renewed as the eagle’s, and who take to themselves wings that they may come to Christ’s passion. [marg. note: Ps 103:5, Isa 40:31]
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We may understand this, “Wheresoever the carcase is,” as meaning, I who incarnate sit on the throne of heaven, as soon as I shall have loosed the souls of the elect from the flesh, will exalt them to heavenly places.
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Or otherwise ; This may be understood of the false prophets. At the time of the Jewish captivity, there were many leaders who declared themselves to be Christs, [marg. note: Josephus, B. J., v. 1] so that while the…
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The genus of Antichrist is one, the species many, just as all lies are of one sort. As all the holy Prophets were Prophets of the true Christ, so understand that each false Christ shall have his own false Prophets,…
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If then any one assert to you that Christ tarries in “the desert” of the Gentiles, or in the teaching of the Philosophers, or in “the secret chambers” of the heretics, who promise the hidden things of God, believe…
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By the “east” and “west,” He signifies the whole world, throughout which the Church should be. In the same way as He said below, “Hereafter shall ye see the Son of Man coming in the clouds, of heaven,” [Matt 26:64]…
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Or by this, “in the desert,” or “in the secret chambers,” He means that in times of persecution and distress, the false Prophets always find place for deceiving.
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Or, when they allege secret and before unpublished Scriptures, in proof of their lie, they seem to say, Lo, the word of truth is in the desert. But when they produce canonical Scripture in which all Christians agree,…
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We are invited to flock to Christ’s passion wheresoever in Scripture it read of, that through it we may be able to come to God’s word.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 24:23–28 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 24:23–28 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 24:23–28 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 24:23–28 (Catena Aurea).