Matthew 26:29
“Until I drink it new in the kingdom”: drinking wine does not fulfill need only, but also brings all-various pleasure to the sense. After the resurrection from the dead, when corruption has been shaken off from human bodies, the nature of things itself will also be transferred toward newness, so that our gladness itself may also be new. The mixture from wine is a symbol of temperance, which he also says will become new; and he does not at all say the drink itself will be new, but what results from it — that is, the gladness. For after the resurrection human nature will withdraw from its customary and earthly enjoyment, and will transfer toward a newness of delight that is clearly that of Christ our Savior of all, who sends his innate and own gladness into the souls of those who worship him and distributes it in proportion to each one’s measures. That we will be in intelligible gladnesses, divine David will assure us, saying, “How you multiplied your mercy, O God; and the sons of humans will hope in the shelter of your wings. They will be drunk from fatness, and you will give them the torrent of luxury to drink.” And wisdom again, “having mixed her own wine into a bowl” and set forth the breads, says, “Come, eat of my breads and drink wine which I have mixed for you.”
Greek
Κατὰ τίνα τρόπον ἐπὶ τὴν τελευταίαν τῶν φονευτῶν γενεὰν ἡ παν τὸς αἵματος ἥξει δίκη, καίτοι διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγων ὁ θεὸς "οὐκ ἀποθανοῦνται πατέρες ὑπὲρ τέκνων" καὶ μὴν καὶ τὸ ἔμπαλιν "ἕκαστος δὲ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἀποθανεῖται"; τί οὖν ἄρα φαμέν; πῶς τῆς ἑτέρων μιαιφονίας πραχθήσονται λόγους ἐκεῖνοι, πρὸς οὓς ταῦτα λελάληκεν ὁ Χριστός; ἢ γὰρ οὐχὶ κολασθήσεται μὲν ὑπὲρ Ἀβὲλ ὁ Κάϊν· Λάμεχ δὲ λέγων· "ἄνδρα" πεφόνευκα "εἰς τραῦμα ἐμοὶ καὶ νεανίσκον εἰς μώλωπα"· ἑκάστου τοιγαροῦν τοῖς ἰδίοις κατηχθισμένου κακοῖς πῶς οἱ δείλαιοι τὴν ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων ὑποστήσονται δίκην; "οὐ γὰρ ἄδικος ὁ θεός", ἀλλ' ἔστιν κριτὴς δίκαιος καὶ ἰσχυρὸς καὶ μακρόθυμος κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον. φαμὲν οὖν, ὅτι τοιάνδε τινὰ τοῖς εἰρημένοις προσήκει ἐφαρμόσαι διά νοιαν. ὑποκείσθω τοιγαροῦν τοιοῦτόν τι τυχόν· λῃσταὶ γεγόνασιν φέρε εἰπεῖν ἐν τῇδε τῇ χώρᾳ. οὗτοι τὰς ἐν κύκλῳ κατεληΐζοντο κώμας καὶ τοὺς ἐν αὐταῖς ἐθανάτουν· ἀλλ' ὁ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἡγεμὼν οὐκ εὐθὺς τὴν ἀρχοντικὴν αὐτοῖς ἀπεγύμνωσε μάχαιραν, ἀπειλαῖς δὲ μᾶλλον μετα παιδεύεσθαι τούτους ἐσπούδαζεν. οἱ δὲ ἦσαν οὐδὲν ἧττον ὠμοί· ἀλλ' ἵνα λοιπὸν ἀνακάμπτηται τὸ δεινόν, ἁλόντων τινῶν οὐκ ἐφείσατο, ὠμο τάταις δὲ αἰκίαις ὑποβαλὼν τὸν ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐσχάτοις ἐπετίθει κίνδυνον οὐχὶ δήπου μόνοις ἐπ' ἐκείνοις ἀγανακτῶν, ἀλλὰ πολλῷ μᾶλλον, ἐπείπερ αὐτὸν ἀνεξικακοῦντα καὶ ἡ τῶν πρώτων ἠπάτησεν ἀγριότης. ἀλλ' οἶμαι τίς ἐρεῖ τῶν τελευταίων ἀνημέρως κεκολασμένων, ὅτι τὰς ἁπάντων ἁμαρτίας ἀπέλαβον αὐτοὶ διὰ τὸ εἰς αὐτοὺς καταλῆξαι τοῦ δικάζοντος τὸν θυμόν; τοιοῦτόν τι νοήσεις καὶ περὶ θεοῦ· ἀνεξικακήσας γὰρ ἐν τοῖς προλαβοῦσι καιροῖς μέχρι τούτων διελογίζετο δεῖν τὸ τῆς ἀνεξι κακίας ὁρίσαι μέτρον· καὶ γὰρ ἔδει ἐπὶ τούτοις τὸν θεῖον κατασκῆψαι θυμόν· οἱ μὲν γὰρ εἰς ἀνθρώπους καὶ ὁμοδούλους ἡμάρτανον, οἱ δὲ τὸν τῶν ὅλων ἀπεκτόνασι κύριον. οὐχ ὅτι τοιγαροῦν κολάζει τοὺς τελευ ταίους διὰ τοῦτο τραχύς, ἀλλ' ὅτι διεκαρτέρησεν εἰς τὸ παρὸν ἀξιά γαστος.
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- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
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