That day
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
The verse
“For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.”Psalm 30:5 · WEB
From the tradition
“For we may venture to say that the Gospel is the first fruits of all the Scriptures.”
Origen of Alexandria · Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book I, §4
In the words of a public-domain translation (tr. Allan Menzies, Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 9, ed. Allan Menzies (1896)), checked against the source edition.