Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Ver. 38. In this adulterous and sinful, &c.] The worse the times are the better we should be. Stars are most needed in a dark night. We may as well, saith Zuinglius, Ad aram Iovis aut Veneris adorare, ac sub Antichristo fidem occultare. Antichrist's limbs have their mark in their hand, which they may show or hide at pleasure; but Christ's members have their marks in their foreheads only. David's parents and brethren came down to him to the cave of Adullam, though to their great danger, 1 Samuel 22:1. Onesiphorus was not ashamed of Paul's chain at Rome, 2 Timothy 1:16 .
When he cometh in the glory] David going against Goliath, took only his sling, and a few stones; but when against Nabal, he marched better appointed. So Christ came at first in a mean condition; but when he comes again to judgment, he shall march furiously, attended with troops of saints and angels.