Matthew 24:30

“For He said to His disciples, admonishing them, Then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven, meaning the Cross.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxiv. 30.

“Then shall they see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven; and they shall mourn tribe by tribe.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 30; Zech. xii. 12.

“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.

“When there shall have come that day of Judgment, then “shall mourn for themselves all the tribes of the earth.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 30.

“For at the last, His loving mercy and truth will shine forth, when “the sign of the Son of man shall appear in heaven, and then shall all tribes of the earth cry woe;” nor shall they then say, “Where is their God?” when He is no longer preached unto them to be believed in, but displayed before them to be trembled at.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 30.

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.…

“Be not ashamed then of so great a blessing, lest Christ be ashamed of thee, when He comes with His glory, and the sign appears before Him, shining beyond the very sunbeam.” — editor's note: See S. Cyril, Catech. xiii. 41. Oxf. Trans. and the note there: see also especially hereafter on S. Matth. xxiv. 30, Hom. LXXVI.

““Then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven;”that is, the cross being brighter than the sun, since this last will be darkened, and hide himself, and that will appear when it would not appear, unless it were far brighter than the beams of the sun.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 30.

“But, again, that you may not suppose that this is to be referred to bodily things and perceptible to the senses, learn that the Spirit so descended as Christ is to descend, as you find: “They shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and majesty.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxiv. 30.

As soon as the Lord has fortified the believers against the arts of Antichrist and his ministers, by shewing that His coming would be public, He proceeds to shew the order and method of His coming.

By the tribulation, He means the times of Antichrist and the false Prophets; for when there are so many deceivers, the tribulation will be great. But it shall not extend through any great length of time. For if for…

The darkening of the sun, the failing of the moon, and the fall of the stars, indicate the glories of His coming.

One will say, As at the breaking out of great conflagrations, great darkness is at the first caused by the smoke, so when the world shall be consumed by fire, which shall be kindled, even the great luminaries shall…

These things, therefore, shall not come to pass by any diminution of light, for in another place we read that the light of the sun shall be sevenfold; but by comparison with real light, all things shall seem dim.

But nothing hinders our supposing that the sun and moon with the other stars shall for a time lose their light, as we know did the sun at the time of the Lord’s passion; as Joel also says, “The sun shall be turned…

“By the powers of heaven,” we understand the bands of the Angels.

Very fitly shall they be shaken and dismayed, seeing so mighty a change being wrought, their fellow-servants punished, and the universe standing before a terrible tribunal.

But as, at the dispensation of the Cross, the sun was eclipsed, and darkness was spread over the earth; so when the sign of the Son of Man appears in heaven, the light of the sun, moon, and stars, shall fail, as…

But because the sun will be darkened, the cross would not be seen, if it were not far brighter than the rays of the sun. That the disciples might not be ashamed, and grieve over the cross, He speaks of it as a sign,…

Rightly does He say, “the tribes of the earth,” for they shall mourn who have no citizenship in heaven, but are written in earth. [Jer 17:13]

Morally, one may say that the sun, which shall be darkened, is the Devil, who shall be convicted in the end of the world, that whereas he is darkness, he has feigned himself to be the sun; the moon, which seems to…

Or, the Church is the sun, moon, and stars, to which it is said, “Fair as the moon, bright as the sun. Then shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,” [Song of Songs 6:10] because in that…

He adds this, that having heard of the cross, they should not now imagine a similar degradation.

The first and most apparent meaning of this is of that time when He shall come to judge the quick and the dead in His body — that body in which He sits at the right hand of the Father, in which He died and rose again…

Therefore shall they see with the bodily eyes the Son of Man, coming in human shape, “in the clouds of heaven,” that is, on high. As at the transfiguration, a voice came out of the cloud, so when He shall come again…

But because the Scriptures are to be searched, and we are not to content ourselves with the surface of them, let us look closely at what follows, “When ye see all these things come to pass, know that he is near even…

Or He comes every day “with great power” to the mind of the believer in the clouds of prophecy, that is, in the Scriptures of the Prophets and the Apostles, who utter the word of God with a meaning above human…

Matthew 24:30 and Mark 14:62 share the same wording (10 words).

Matthew 24:30 and Luke 21:27 share the same wording (13 words).

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:29–30 (5) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 24:29–30 (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.2.

Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.2.

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:29–30 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 24:29–30 (2) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.2.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.11.

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:29–30 (3) (Catena Aurea).

Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.2.

Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:29–30 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

Cited together in On the Holy Spirit II.2.

Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 24:29–30 (Catena Aurea).