NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

John 16:20

Tertullian On Idolatry

between life and death or else we rescind what is written, "The world shall rejoice, but ye shall grieve."[95]

Tertullian De Spectaculis

Now they have gladness and we are troubled. "The world," says Jesus, "shall rejoice; ye shall be sorrowful."[28]

Tertullian De Corona

You have your own registers, your own calendar; you have nothing to do with the joys of the world; nay, you are called to the very opposite, for "the world shall rejoice, but ye shall mourn."[55]

Cyprian Treatise VII On the Mortality

So many persecutions the soul suffers daily, with so many risks is the heart wearied, and yet it delights to abide here long among the devil's weapons, although it should rather be our craving and wish to hasten to Christ by the aid of a quicker death; as He Himself instructs us, and says, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy."[11]

Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus

And again: "Verily, verily, I say unto yon, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy."[85]

Dionysius A Commentary on the Beginning of Ecclesiastes

A time to weep, when it is the time of suffering; as when the Lord also says, "Verily I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament."[33]

Dionysius A Commentary on the Beginning of Ecclesiastes

But to laugh, as concerns the resurrection: "For your sorrow," He says, "shall be turned into joy."[34]

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