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Matthew 24:36
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Since the disciples wanted to learn things beyond themselves, he finds an opening to check them from such inquiries in not knowing insofar as he is human, and he says that not even the holy angels in heaven can know these things (Matthew 24:36 ).
Greek Ἐπειδὴ τὰ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοὺς ἤθελον μανθάνειν οἱ μαθηταί, ἀφορμὴν εὑρίσκει τοῦ κωλύειν αὐτοὺς τῶν τοιούτων τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι καθὸ ἄν θρωπος καί φησιν μηδὲ τοὺς κατ' οὐρανὸν ἁγίους ἀγγέλους δύνασθαι ταῦτα εἰδέναι.
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About this text Cyril of Alexandria died in 444 — later than the first three centuries of the church.
Cyril of Alexandria's short notes on Matthew's Gospel, kept in later chains of comments, in the order of Matthew's chapters and verses.
English follows the named base text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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