Theophylact of Ohrid, on Heb 12:20

“For they did not endure that which was said: And if so much as a beast shall touch the mount, it shall be stoned.”

“That is, they could not bear to hear with their ears what God was saying, as something terrifying. And so they became the reason for God's appearing in the flesh, so as to become accessible to them.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.