Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
Ver. 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see] He saw it afar off, and saluted it, ασπασαμενοι, Hebrews 11:13. His good old heart danced levaltos within him, as children use to dance about a bonfire (so the word ηγαλλιασατο signifies), with an exuberance of joy, that joy of faith. The Fathers say that he saw Christ's birth at the valley of Mamre, Genesis 18:1,16, and his passion in the mount Moriah,Genesis 22:3,14