John 8:56
Douay-Rheims
Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it, and was glad.
John Chrysostom
(Hom. lv. 2) In answer then to their question, Art Thou greater than our father Abraham, He shews them that He is greater than Abraham; Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day: he saw it, and was glad; he must have rejoiced, because My day would benefit him, which is to acknowledge Me greater than himself.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 8:52-56
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.