Luke 1:11
Douay-Rheims
And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the alter of incense.
Ambrose of Milan
It is well said that there appeared an angel to Zacharias, who suddenly beheld him; and this is the expression especially used by Divine Scripture with respect to angels or God, that what cannot be seen beforehand may be said to appear. For things which are the objects of our senses are not seen as He is seen, Who is seen only as He will, and Whose nature is not to be seen.
Source details
A.D. 397 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:11-14
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.