Matthew 24:36 (WEB)
“But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Catechism · 1
“Well before this, Jesus referred to himself as "the Son" who knows the Father, as distinct from the "servants" God had earlier sent to his people; he is superior even to the angels.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 11:27; 21:34-38; 24:36.
Fathers and councils · 29
Tertullian
“He is also ignorant of the last day and hour, which is known to the Father only.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 36.
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Sozomen
“For the question had been proposed, as to whether the Son of God is or is not acquainted with the last hour; and for its solution, the words of the evangelist were quoted, in which it is stated that the day and hour are known only to the Father.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 36.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…for me He is the Lamb, the Vine, the Rock, the Servant, the Son of an handmaid, knowing not the day of judgment, for my sake ignorant of the day and the hour.” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxiv. 36. On this place Hurter observes: “We must certainly believe that Christ, as man, knew, through His human understanding, the day and the hour…
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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
““But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of Heaven,neither the Son,but the Father.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 36. Comp. Mark xiii. 32. [The received text (and A.V.) omit “neither the Son” in Matthew, but not in Mark. The R.V., with our best mss., inserts…
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Basil the Great
“…to the belief that of the supply of the good things which are wrought in us through the Holy Ghost, the Originator and Cause is the Only-begotten God; for we are taught by Holy Scripture that “All things were made by Him,” and “by Him consist.”” — editor's note: ὁ μονογενὴς θεός is the reading of the Sinaitic and Vatican mss. in John i. 18. The insertion of the words οὐδὲ ὁ υιἰος, adopted by R.V. in Matt. xxiv. 36, but…
Read the whole comment“Thus also we understand “No man knoweth,” to refer to the Father the first knowledge of things, both present and to be, and generally to exhibit to men the first cause.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 36.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…greater than I. Finally, when they repeat the words, Of that day and that hour knoweth no one, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only, as though they were the absolute renunciation of His claim to divinity, they boast that they have overthrown the faith of the Church.” — editor's note: St. Mark xiii. 32; cf. St. Matt. xxiv. 36.
Read the whole comment“As we are answering all, even their most insensate statements, we come now to the discussion of the unknown hour.” — editor's note: “Of that day and that hour knoweth no one, not even the Angels of Heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.” St. Matt. xxiv. 36; cf. St. Mark xiii. 32.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Lord having described all the tokens that shall precede His coming, and brought His discourse to the very doors, yet would not name the day; “Of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the Angels Of heaven, but…
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In some Latin copies is added here, “neither the Son:” but in the Greek copies, and particularly those of Adamantius and Pierius, it is not found. [ed. note: The addition is found in a very few Greek MSS., and…
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And Mark has the addition. [Mark 13:32]
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Whereat Arius and Eunomius rejoice greatly; for say they, He who knows and He who is ignorant cannot be both equal. Against these we answer shortly; Seeing that Jesus, that is, The Word of God, made all times, (for…
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And has indeed God the Father denied the knowledge of that day to the Son, when He has declared, “All things are committed to me of my Father?” [Luke 10:22] but if any thing has been denied, all things are not…
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Having then shewn that the Son of God cannot be ignorant of the day of the consummation, we must now show a cause why He should be said to be ignorant. When after the resurrection He is demanded concerning this day…
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When He says here, “Knows not,” He means, ‘makes others not to know;’ i.e. He knew not then, so as to tell His disciples; as it was said to Abraham, “Now I know that thou fearest God;” [Gen 22:19] i.e. ‘Now have I…
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That He says that the “Father knoweth,” implies that in the Father the Son also knows. For what can there be in time which was not made by the Word, seeing that time itself was made by the Word!
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That the Father alone knows may be well understood in the above-mentioned manner of knowing, that He makes the Son to know; but the Son is said not to know, because be does not make men to know.
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Otherwise; So long as the Church which is Christ’s body knows not that day and hour, so long the Son Himself is said not to know that day and hour. The word “know” is used according to its proper usual meaning in…
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I have read also in some one’s book, that “the Son” here is not to be taken of the Only-begotten, but of the adopted, for that He would not have put the Angels before the Only-begotten Son, saying, “Not the Angels of…
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The Gospel then says, “Of that day and hour knoweth no man;” but you say, That neither the month nor the year of His coming can be known. This exactness of yours up to this point seems as if you meant that the year…
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That you may perceive that it is not owing to ignorance that He is silent of the day and hour of the judgment, He brings forward another token, “As it was in the days of Noe, so shall the coming of the Son of Man…
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Marriage and meats in themselves are not here condemned, as the error of Marcion and Manicheaus teaches; for in the one the continuation of the species, in the other that of life, depends; but what is reproved is all…
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It is asked here, how it was said above, “Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, &c.” when here only tokens of peace are spoken of as what shall be then? We must suppose, that after the wars…
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Or, To such as are thoughtlessly disposed, it shall be a time of peace and enjoyment; as the Apostle said not, ‘When there shall be peace,’ but “When they shall say, Peace and safety,” shewing their insensibility to…
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Or, the two in the field, are the two people of believers and unbelievers, whom the day of the Lord shall overtake, as it were in the labours of this life. And they shall be separated, one being taken and the other…
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Or, “Two men in one field” shall be found performing the same labour, sowing corn together, but not reaping the same fruit of their labour. The two “grinding together” we may understand either of the Synagogue and…
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Or, these words denote three orders in the Church. “The two men in the field” denote the order of preachers [marg. note: praedicatores], to whom is committed the field of the Church; by “the two grinding at the…
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Or otherwise; The body is laid as sick on the bed of carnal passions, the soul grinds in the mill of this world, and the bodily senses labour in the field of the world.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 24:36–41 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 24:36–41 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.
Cited together in Letters Letter 38.