55. Lastly, in the Gospel the brothers of
the Lord were called Sons of Thunder; and when the voice was uttered of
the Father, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it
again,” S. John xii. 28. the Jews said
that it thundered on Him. For although they could not receive the
grace of the truth, yet they confessed unwillingly, and in their
ignorance were speaking mysteries, so that there resulted a great
testimony of the Father to the Son. And in the Book of Job, too,
the Scripture says: “And who knows when He will make the
power of His thunder?” Job xxvi. 14 [LXX.]. Certainly
if these words pertained to the thunders of the heavens, he would have
said that their force was already made, not about to be
made.