Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Matthew 16:3

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 9, page 66, footnote 12 (Image)

Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypses, Visio Pauli, Testament of Abraham, Acts of X/P, Zosimus, Aristides, Clement, Origen

The Diatessaron of Tatian. (HTML)

The Diatessaron. (HTML)

Section XIV. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1060 (In-Text, Margin)

[37] And he said to the multitudes, When ye see the clouds appear from the west, [38] straightway ye say that there cometh rain; and so it cometh to pass. And when [39] the south wind bloweth, ye say that there will be heat; and it cometh to pass. And when the evening is come, ye say, It will be fair weather, for the heaven has become [40] red.[Matthew 16:3] And in the morning ye say, To-day there will be severe weather, for the redness [Arabic, p. 57] of the heaven is paling. Ye hypocrites, ye know to examine the face of the heaven and the earth; but the signs of this time ye know not to discern.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 8, page 84, footnote 2 (Image)

Basil: Letters and Select Works

The Hexæmeron. (HTML)

The creation of luminous bodies. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1578 (In-Text, Margin)

4. “ And let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.” The signs which the luminaries give are necessary to human life. In fact what useful observations will long experience make us discover, if we ask without undue curiosity! What signs of rain, of drought, or of the rising of the wind, partial or general, violent or moderate! Our Lord indicates to us one of the signs given by the sun when He says, “It will be foul weather to-day; for the sky is red and lowering.”[Matthew 16:3] In fact, when the sun rises through a fog, its rays are darkened, but the disc appears burning like a coal and of a bloody red colour. It is the thickness of the air which causes this appearance; as the rays of the sun do not disperse such amassed and ...