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Hebrews 12:19

Eastern Fathers

Oecumenius

And the trumpet, however, as if in the presence of the king; for this will be in the second coming. "and the voice of words." For Moses spoke, and God answered. Indeed, it was necessary for the voice of God to be formed (Ex. 19:19), so that the lawgiving would be worthy of faith, and it would not be thought to be from Moses, through whom God was about to bring the law.

The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews ↗

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

700. – Then when he says, and a tempest, he mentions the things terrifying to the hearing on the part of the Law. Now there were three terrifying things to the Law, namely, the severity of the threats, the strictness of the precepts, and the large number of precepts. In regard to the first he says, and a tempest which, strictly speaking, is a disturbance of the sea; but in a wide sense it is a disturbance of the air accompanied by whirlwind and rain. …

Commentary on Hebrews ↗