Where the Fathers quote 4 Kingdoms (2 Kings) 2

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John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:349C…things over all the fame that I have heard. Blessed are thy wives, blessed are these thy servants, who stand before thee always, and who hear all thy wisdom.” IV Reg. II, 2-6, 9, 10. — “Elijah said to Elisha: Stay… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:99B…ysostom. For that purple brought forth a heavy famine; but this sheepskin dispelled calamities; this divided the Jordan; this made Eliseus a double Elias (IV Reg. II, 8, 9). O how great is the virtue of the s… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:399…Diakrinomenos (disputing/contending), printed books. Verse 50, Mōsei men. Exod. XIV, 21. Verse eodem, Hēliā kai HElisaie (to Elijah and Elisha). IV Kings II, 8, 14. Verse 51, cod B. et H. St. 2, kai tote to en. Is. Ca… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:445…d, "The Spirit provoked to anger" (Isa. LXIII, 10); and, "The Spirit that took up Elijah in a chariot, and was asked for by Elisha in double measure" (IV Reg. II, 9); and the "good and principal Spirit" by whom David is led… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:727…t that is in thee be doubled in me." He said to him: "Thou hast asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if thou seest me taken up, it shall be so for thee" (4 Kings 2:9, 10). That is to say: "Thou shalt be deemed worthy to have… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:795…he royal throne. And that you may learn the difference between servant and master, Elias, when he was taken up, was carried away in a chariot of fire (IV Kings II, 11): but when our Lord with his flesh [was taken up], a cloud… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:297…on the waves of the sea (Matth. 14. 29). Elias also, for the confirmation of this hope, was caught up to heaven through this air in a chariot of fire (4 Reg. 2. 11). 6. What shall we be after the resurrection? — But perhap… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:27…ved by the eyes. Why, however, did a cloud take him? This too was a sign that he had ascended into heaven. Not fire, as Elijah, nor a chariot of fire (4 Kings 2.11), but a cloud took him; which was a symbol of heaven, as th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:335D…t believe in the resurrection, and say: "How is this bone joined to this?" And who introduce such myths? Tell me, how did Elijah ascend in the chariot of fire (IV Reg. II, 11)? Fire is accustomed to burn, not to li… Proclus of Constantinople c. 390 – 446PG 65:729…h. Because of this gift, Joseph receives the reins of secondary royal dignity (Gen. XLI, 40). Because of this gift, Elijah walks on the ether with bodily feet (IV Reg. II, 11). Because of this gift, Jeremiah is ent… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:857B…ber that Enoch was translated, but Jesus ascended. Remember the things concerning Elias that were said yesterday: that Elias was taken up in a chariot of fire (IV Reg. II, 11); but Christ's chariot was ten thousand… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:663…d the governors of well-ordered courses. Such was Elias, to whom Eliseus cried: "My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof" (4 Reg. II, 12). But above all things piety is to be preferred. Lest, when… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:29…r Him, so that they might not utter anything sorrowful, nor suffer the same thing which Elisha did, when his master was taken up, rending his garment (4 Kings 2.12). And what do they say? This Jesus, who is taken up from y… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:21C…d Elijah and Elisha, sitting upon Mount Carmel, invoked the Lord and always said: The Lord liveth, in whose presence I have stood this day (III Reg. xvii, 1; IV Reg. ii, 14). The words of the other holy prophets… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:743…prophet, intending to heal them, said: "Thus saith the Lord: I have healed these waters, and there shall not be in them any more death or sterility" (4 Kings 2:21). Do you hear, you who put forward these definitions for us… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:621…(Num. 15: 32)? The forty-two children in the time of Elisha who were consumed by the wild beasts, and did not obtain pardon even because of their age (4 Reg. 2: 24)? But if you wish to see such things even after grace, cons…