Anf-03 vi.iv.v Pg 5
Or, “world,” sæculi. See Matt. xxiv. 3, especially in the Greek. By “praying for some protraction in the age,” Tertullian appears to refer to some who used to pray that the end might be deferred (Rigalt.).
Our wish is, that our reign be hastened, not our servitude protracted. Even if it had not been prescribed in the Prayer that we should ask for the advent of the kingdom, we should, unbidden, have sent forth that cry, hastening toward the realization of our hope. The souls of the martyrs beneath the altar8793 8793 altari.
cry in jealousy unto the Lord, “How long, Lord, dost Thou not avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”8794 8794
Npnf-201 iv.vi.iii.xliii Pg 4
Edersheim Bible History
Lifetimes ix.xxii Pg 15.2, Lifetimes viii.xxvii Pg 27.1, Lifetimes viii.xxvii Pg 86.2, Lifetimes x.vi Pg 1.2, Lifetimes x.vi Pg 11.1
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 13
VERSE (3) - Mt 24:3
