VER. 41—46. ST. LUKE. 461 lorddelayethhis coining; and shallbegin to beat themenservantsand maidens,and to eat and drink, andtobe drunken ; 46. The lord of that servantwillcome in a day when he lookethnot forhim, and at an hour when lieisnot aware,and willcut him in sunder,and will appointhim hisportionwiththeunbelievers. THEOPHYL.Peter,to whom the Church had alreadybeen committed,ashavingthecareofalltilings,inquireswhether ourLord put forththisparableto all.As itfollows,Then PetersaiduntoHim, Lord,speakestThouthisparablenutous, orevenuntoall? BEDE. Our Lord had taughttwo thingsin theprecedingparableunto all,even thatHe would come suddenly,and thattheyought to be readyand waitingfor Him. But itisnotveryplainconcerningwhichofthese,or whetherboth,Peteraskedthe question,or whom he com paredto himselfand hiscompanions,when he said,Speakest Thoutous,or to all? Yet in truthby thesewords,us and all,he must be supposedto mean none otherthan theApo stles,and thoseliketo theApostles,and allotherfaithful men; or Christians,and unbelievers;or thosewho dying separately,thatis,singly,both unwillinglyindeedand will ingly,receivethecoming oftheirJudge,and thosewho when theuniversaljudgment comes areto be found alivein the flesh.Now itismarvellousifPeterdoubtedthatallmust livesoberly,piously,and justly,who waitfora blessedhope, orthatthejudgment willtoeachand allbe unexpected.It thereforeremainsto be supposed,thatknowing thesetwo things,he asked about that which he might not know, namely,whetherthosesublimecommands of a heavenlylife inwhichHe bade us sellwhat we have and providebags whichwax not old,and watch with our loinsgirded,and lampsburning,belongedto the Apostlesonly,and those likenntothem,or toallwho wereto be saved. CYRIL.Now to the courageousrightlybelongthe great anddifficultof God's holycommandments, buttothosewho harenot yet attainedto such virtue,belongthosethings fromwhichalldifficultyisexcluded. Our Lord therefore