And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Ver. 25. Shall see my face no more] viz. In the flesh, and upon earth. But in heaven we shall see and say, ιδου ο Παυλος και ο Πετρος (as Chrysostom thinks) Lo, that is Paul, and the other is Peter. In the transfiguration, Peter knew Moses and Elias, as if he had been long acquainted with them. And yet that was but a glimpse of heaven.