56 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, áóðáóáìåíïé , Heb_11:13. His good old heart danced levaltos within him, as children use to dance about a bonfire (so the word çãáëëéáóáôï signifies), with an exuberance of joy, that joy of faith. The Fathers say that he saw Christ’s birth at the valley of Mamre, Gen_18:1-16, and his passion in the mount Moriah, Gen_22:3-14