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2 Corinthians 3:14

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

See what he establisheth by this. For what happened then once in the case of Moses, the same happeneth continually in the case of the Law. What is said, therefore, is no accusation of the Law, as neither is it of Moses that he then veiled himself, but only the senseless Jews. For the law hath its proper glory, but they were unable to see it. …

Homily 7 on 2 Corinthians ↗

Cyril of Jerusalem

"Until this day" means not just until the time of Paul but until our time also, and indeed, till the end of the world.

Catechetical Lecture 15:32 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

Their mind has been blinded, he says, and therefore neither those who lived then saw, nor those who live now see, being blinded and having the same veil on the face of Moses during the superficial reading of the law. For Christ calls the law Moses, as in the following place: "they have Moses and the prophets" (Luke 16:29). And it is not revealed to them, it is not recognized by them, that Christ was to abolish the Old Testament. Therefore, their error is an error of the mind, because blindness is a sin of the mind. …

Commentary on 2 Corinthians ↗

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

What effect this voiding had on the Jews is shown. In regard to this he does two things. First, he shows that it was not removed from them in the state of unbelief; secondly, he shows that it will be removed when they are converted (v. 16). In regard to this he does two things: first, he shows why this voiding has no place among the Jews; secondly, from this he shows that they still have the veil (v. 15). He says, therefore, that it is removed for those who believe, but not for the unbelieving Jews. …

Commentary on 2 Corinthians ↗