For I say unto you, you shall not see me again, till you shall say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Till you say, blessed is he that cometh. Hereafter you shall own me for your Messias, and the world's Redeemer, at least at the day of judgment. (Witham)
The time here foretold, when they should say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, is the day of general judgment. When our Saviour says, henceforth, we must understand it of all that time, which intervened between the time of his speaking and his passion. (St. Chrysostom, hom. lxxv.)
It may also be understood of the Jews, who are to be converted to the faith of Jesus Christ towards the end of the world. (Menochius)
