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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
That is, they could not bear to hear with their ears what God was saying, as something terrifying. And so they became the reason for God's appearing in the flesh, so as to become accessible to them.
Oecumenius
"For they could not bear what was commanded." He stated the reason for the excuse, because they could not bear what was being defined, that is, what was being commanded or said. Indeed, they said to Moses: "Speak to us, and let not God speak to us." (Ex. 20:19) "Even if a beast touched the mountain." Such was the terror that if the beast touched the mountain, it was stoned.
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
701. – He mentions the reason why they excused themselves, namely, because they could not endure God's words; hence, they could not endure the order that was given: 'What is all flesh that it should hear the voice of the living God, who speaks out of the midst of the fire, as we have heard, and be able to live' (Dt. 5:26). For God's words are said to be unendurable either when they cannot be understood by the intellect or transcend the affections. 702. …
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