Taste of death Compare

The valiant never taste of death but once. Jul. Caes.Act. ii. 2.

St Matthew's version of this "hard saying" indicates more plainly than the other Synoptic Gospels, the personal presence of Christ. St Mark has, "till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power;" St Luke, "till they see the kingdom of God;" but the meaning in each case is the same. Various solutions are given. The expression is referred to (1) the Transfiguration, (2) the Day of Pentecost, (3) the Fall of Jerusalem. The last best fulfils the conditions of interpretation a judicial coming a signal and visible event, and one that would happen in the lifetime of some, but not of all, who were present.

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