Matthew 17:4

Tertullian On Fasting

For the latter voice was uttering a threat to a fed man, the former soothing a fasting one. Such is the prerogative of circumscribed food, that it makes God tent-fellow[48]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII "[239]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

And perhaps also in this he acted with evil intent, when he incited him "who did not know what he said," not desiring that Jesus and Moses and Elijah should be together, but desiring to separate them from one another, under pretext of the three tabernacles." And likewise it was a lie, "It is good for us to be here; "[246]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

and also, "It is good for us to be here."[251]

Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

and Peter, as one loving the contemplative life, and having preferred that which was delightsome in it to the life among the crowd with its turmoil, said, with the design of benefiting those who desired it, "It is good for us to be here."[255]