But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
Or else Christ sleeps, that is, ascends into heaven, where, though He seem to sleep, yet He rises by night, when through temptations He raises us up to the knowledge of Himself; and in the day time, when on account of our prayers, He sets in order our salvation.
for we put forth the blade when we show a principle of good; then the ear, when we can resist temptations; then comes the fruit, when a man works something perfect. It goes on: “and when it has brought forth the fruit, immediately he sendeth the sickle, because the harvest is come.”
