But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
He spoke these things in order to show that he would return unexpectedly and suddenly and when many were living luxuriously. For Paul also says this: “When they shall speak of peace and security, then sudden destruction will come upon them.” To show just how unexpectedly he uses the metaphor “as travail comes upon a woman with child.” The Gospel of Matthew, Homily
