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LUKE 12:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 12:6Luke 12:8
“But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.”
And whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God — the symmetry is exact: the pattern of the relationship on earth (acknowledge/disown) is reflected in the pattern of the Son of Man's acknowledgment or disownment before the divine assembly. The angels of God as witnesses of the final verdict connect the earthly trial to the heavenly tribunal of Daniel 7.

Church Fathers on Luke 12:7

Since unbelief springs from two causes, either from a deeply-seated malice or a sudden fear; lest any one from terror should be compelled to deny the God whom he acknowledges in his heart, He well adds, And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, &c.

Ambrose · 4th century

For it is not absolutely to every one that this discourse seems to apply, but to those who love God with their whole heart to whom it belongs to say, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? But they who are not such, are tottering, and ready to fall down. Moreover out Lord says, Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. How then is it not most ungrateful to Christ not to repay Him what we receive?

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century

Their rage then is but useless raving, who cast the lifeless limbs of martyrs to be torn in pieces by wild beasts and birds, seeing that they can in no wise prevent the omnipotence of God from quickening and bringing them to life again.

Bede · 8th century
Read all 22 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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