Caesarius of Arles (d. 542), Exposition on the Apocalypse, Homily 8 (p. 84 of Ancient Christian Texts, Latin Commentaries on Revelation), William C. Weinrich trans.:
"But after the three and half days a breach of life from God entered them." We have already spoken of the days. The angel speaks of the future, but the future of which he hears, he speaks of as though it were accomplished. "And they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. Then I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, 'Come up hither!' And they went up to heaven in a cloud." The apostle spoke of this when he said, "We shall be caught up in the clouds to meet Christ." It is written that this cannot happen to anyone before the coming of the Lord, "Christ the beginning, then at his coming those who belong to Christ." This suffices to exclude every false idea of those who think that these two witnesses are two men who ascend to heaven on clouds before the coming of Christ.
