οκλείοντα· ὡς κατ’ αὐτὸ δὴ τὸ θεῖον ἐκεῖνο λόγιον, εἰ δυνατόν, ἐπὶ Matt. 24, 24 (cf. vi. 41.10 above)Luke 21, 26τούτοις καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοὺς σκανδαλίζεσθαι. ἢδη γέ τοι σχεδὸν τῆς παρὰ τοῖς παρὰ τοῖς πλείστοις ἀποψυχούσης προσδοκίας, ἀθρόως, καθ᾿ ὁδὸν ἔτι τὴν πορείαν ἔν τισιν…

efer to the wicked, who will pay little heed to the signs of the coming judgment: while the words of Lk. 21:26, "men withering away," etc., should be referred to the good. We may also reply that all these signs that will happen about the time of the judgment are reckoned to occur…

mni tempore; ut digni habeamini effugere ista omnia quae futura sunt, et astare ante filium hominis (Luc. XXI, 26) . Et Apostolus: Semper gaudete: sine intermissione orate: in omnibus gratias agite (I Thes. V, 17) . Item idem: Orationi instate, vigilantes in ea (Coloss. IV, 2) .…