John Chrysostom, on Heb 12:22

“But you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of angels,”

“Instead of "Moses," Jesus. Instead of the people, "myriads of angels." Fearful were those things, but these are far more admirable and glorious. For here there is not "darkness," nor "blackness," nor "tempest." It seems to me that by these words he hints at the obscurity of the Old Testament, and the overshadowed and veiled character of the Law. And besides the Giver of the Law appears in fire terrible, and apt to punish those who transgress. Then even Moses feared, but now no one. As the people then stood below, so also do we. They were not below, but below Heaven. The Son is near to God, but not as Moses. There was a wilderness, here a city. "And to an innumerable company of angels." Here he shows the joy, the delight, in place of the "blackness" and "darkness" and "tempest."”

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