6. But what says Zephaniah in the person of
Christ to the disciples? Prepare thyself, be rising at the
dawn: all their gleaning is destroyed Zeph. iii. 7: they rose early and
corrupted all their doings. The passage is wholly is
understood by the Seventy, whom S. Cyril follows.: the gleaning, that is, of the Jews,
with whom there is not a cluster, nay not even a gleaning of salvation
left; for their vine is cut down. See how He says to the
disciples, Prepare thyself, rise up at dawn: at dawn
expect the Resurrection.