Patristic A.D. 407
“(ubi sup.) Or else, that He might wait to fix the pure faith in their minds, till the Crucifixion, which was an offence to them, was over, for after it was once perfected, about the time of His ascension, He said unto the Apostles, Go ye and teach all nations.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Mark, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 8:27-33
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1842) ↗