And the first living creature was like a lion: and the second living creature like a calf: and the third living creature, having the face, as it were, of a man: and the fourth living creature was like an eagle flying.
Glossa Ordinaria
To a lion. The lion is born dead, and on the third day is quickened by the voice of the Father. So also Christ rose again on the third day; and it behoved him to rise again, because he had died; and it behoved him to die, because man; and having died he both willed and was able to rise again, because an eagle, that is, God.
English is machine-translated from the public-domain Latin (Glossa Ordinaria, Migne, Patrologia Latina 113-114, 1852; digital text from Corpus Corporum, mlat.uzh.ch), since no public-domain English translation exists. It is not a scholarly translation. Please report errors.