As far as the early Church is concerned, the saying could be
a prophetic word in the context of a sacred meal anticipating the messianic banquet, at a time when the Church was concerned with the influx of the Gentiles.
It is his
prophetic obligation to determine how,
in what
context, when and to whom, and
in what way most effectively this
word of judgment is to be delivered.
But it should be noted that the difficulties Kummel sees
in fitting this saying into the context of a prophetic word addressed to a community troubled by the delay of the parousia (so, above all, G. Bornkamm, in his article, «Die Verzogerung der Parusie», In Memoriam Ernst Lohmeyer, e
in fitting this saying into the
context of a
prophetic word addressed to a community troubled by the delay of the parousia (so, above all, G. Bornkamm,
in his article, «Die Verzogerung der Parusie», In Memoriam Ernst Lohmeyer, e
in his article, «Die Verzogerung der Parusie»,
In Memoriam Ernst Lohmeyer, e
In Memoriam Ernst Lohmeyer, ed.