Where the Fathers quote Exodus 7
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Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:389expounds v.1“Και ειπε Κυριος προς Μωυσην λεγων· ιδου δεδωκα σε θεον Φαραω και Ααρων ο αδελφος σου εσται σου προφητης·”On God’s Word to Moses: «See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh»
Theodoret of CyrrhusPG 80:233expounds v.3“εγω δε σκληρυνω την καρδιαν Φαραω και πληθυνω τα σημεια μου και τα τερατα εν γη Αιγυπτω.”How to understand «I will harden Pharaoh’s heart»
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:281expounds v.3“εγω δε σκληρυνω την καρδιαν Φαραω και πληθυνω τα σημεια μου και τα τερατα εν γη Αιγυπτω.”41. Interpretation of «I will harden Pharaoh’s heart»
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:273expounds v.19“ειπε δε Κυριος προς Μωυσην· ειπον Ααρων τω αδελφω σου· λαβε την ραβδον σου εν τη χειρι σου και εκτεινον την χειρα σου επι τα υδατα Αιγυπτου και επι το”On the Command in Exodus: «Stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt»
1Exod 7:1
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:675…id Moses speak to Pharaoh through Aaron. Wherefore Scripture, explaining the sense of the saying, says: "And Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet." (Exodus 7:1)…
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:675D…ces) and incense be sacrificed to him (2:46). And long ago the Lord had announced a similar thing to Moses, saying: Behold, I have made you a god to Pharaoh (Exod. 7:1), so that through the signs performed b…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:363…among the ancient ecclesiastical authors h chapter vii of exodus h c see i have made thee a god to pharaoh when they spoke into a serpent even they also for the egyptians in their incantations…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1209C…amely those who, through the error of the nations, are thought to be gods; or those similar to Moses, to whom it was said: "I have set thee as God to Pharaoh" [Exod. 7:1]; or the gods of whom these things are…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:917…call upon god says the scripture and the lord says to moses i have made thee a god to pharaoh and concerning the divine judges he says thou shalt not revile the gods nor curse the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:695A…not exist. Moses, however, was appointed a god to the Egyptians, the One who gave the oracle having spoken to him thus: I have given you as a god to Pharaoh (Exod. VII, 1). Therefore, the name conveys an indica…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:697D…the hardship in a foreign land, he returned leading the king, or rather having become a god to the king: For I have set you, he says, as a god to Pharaoh (Exod. 7. 1). And he was more brilliant than the ki…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:769…wer; whom He indeed called gods, since the just have been appointed by God as gods of the impious. Whence He says to Moses: I have made you a god to Pharaoh (Exod. 7. 1). 4. For in His hand are the ends of t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:465A…ere many gods (For I said, you are gods, and all sons of the Most High [Ps. 81:6]; and again God said to Moses, Behold, I have set you as a god to Pharaoh [Ex. 7:1]), this one who is preached ought not t…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:515…for to moses he says thus behold i have given thee as a god to pharaoh and aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet thou shalt speak to him all that i command thee but aaron…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:77B…m yesterday and the day before, he therefore heard God saying: "Behold, I have given thee as a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy interpreter" (Exod. VII, 1). For the law is indeed feeble for deli…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:165…of god to whom god said behold i have given thee as a god to pharaoh and aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet do thou speak all that i command thee this man having struck…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:587…god namely above all divinity participated in by men as in exodus i have made thee a god to pharaoh and i said ye are gods this is also noted by francis turrianus in his commentaries…
Philotheos Kokkinos c. 1300–1379PG 154:777…even as he once said to the great moses of old behold i have made thee a god to pharaoh indicating by these words the slaughter and the plagues in egypt and the total destruction of…
2Exod 7:2
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:211…saying go speak to pharaoh the king of egypt that he may send the children of israel out of his land and moses spoke before the lord saying behold the children of israel did not listen…
3Exod 7:3
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:399…then a and pharaoh will not listen to you that i may multiply my signs and my wonders in their land for each of these and whatever else is brought forward through similar expressions according to…
4Exod 7:4
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:437…my people the children of israel out of the land of egypt a but isaiah when the speaker in the mission was demanding one…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:203…will send you to pharaoh king of egypt and you shall lead my people the children of israel out of the land of egypt and moses said to…
5Exod 7:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:359…under the burdens that for anguish of spirit uncircumcised of lips to bring out the children of israel from the land of egypt version of the hebrew text the lord samar iabe hebr aia and i…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:239…i should go to pharaoh king of egypt and that i should bring out the children of israel from the land of egypt is this figure then not clear and does this method of refusal not…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:579…the things that are happening and i will execute judgments in egypt and the egyptians shall know that i am the lord for all these things he says i will permit to happen so that the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1115…things coming to pass vers and i will execute judgments in egypt and the egyptians shall know that i am the lord for these things he says i will allow to come to pass so that…
OrigenesPG 16:2735…egypt among the nations and disperse them into the regions and all the egyptians shall know that i am the lord h chapter xxxi h and it came to pass in the eleventh year in the…
6Exod 7:6
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:259…words of the holy scriptures if you so desire for he says moses and aaron did as the lord commanded them so they did and moses was eighty years old and aaron his brother was eighty…
9Exod 7:9
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1097…faith, which is accustomed to be proskairos in these cases, to demand some portent or miracle: the true character of which is here. Such is that in Exodus vii, 9, almost word for word, which is read here: "And if Pharaoh…
Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:257D…ed into a serpent, which devoured the serpents [CCXVIII] made by the Egyptian magicians, or, if it pleases anyone, those substituted in their place by stealth; Exod. VII, 9, 12. Arguing after the example of Alber…
10Exod 7:10
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:871…by which the truth of these figures is preserved verses moses did as the lord had commanded and all the crowd having been gathered before the doors he said this is the speech which the lord…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:213…ground before pharaoh and his servants and it shall be a dragon and moses and aaron went in before pharaoh and his servants and they did so as the lord commanded them and aaron cast down…
11Exod 7:11
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:213…pharaoh and before his servants and it became a dragon and pharaoh called the wise men and the sorcerers and the magicians of the egyptians also did with their enchantments in like manner and each cast…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:215…and covered the land of egypt c and the enchanters of egypt also did in like manner with their enchantments and brought up the frogs upon the land of egypt and pharaoh called moses and aaron…
12Exod 7:12
Alexander of Alexandria d. 326PG 18:627…also did he b said in like manner by their enchantments and they cast down every man his rod and they became dragons and aaron's rod swallowed up their rods it is reported furthermore that the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1561C…e father of Alexander, also a rhetorician, whose biographies Suidas distinguished. Col. 696 A 13. These famous Egyptian thaumaturges, who contended with Moses (Exod. VII, 12), are named by St. Paul in the second e…
Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:255…led water when it was drawn by the servants to be offered to the master of the feast (John 2:9), though the servants who had drawn the water knew. In Exodus 7:12, the rods of Aaron and of the sorcerers, having been turned…
16Exod 7:16
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:313…and aaron say thus says the lord let my people go so that they may serve me in the wilderness moses does not want the people once placed in egypt to serve the lord but that…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:329…says you shall say thus says the lord send away my people that they may serve me in the desert but if you do not wish to send away my people behold i send upon you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:779…come unto the children of israel and will say unto them the lord god of the hebrews hath sent me unto you and if they ask me what is his name what shall i say unto…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:663…of such a desert god said to pharaoh let my people go that they may serve me in the desert exod for it is in such a desert that god wishes all his own to serve…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:453…the hebrews has sent us to you saying 'let my people go that they may serve me in the wilderness ' but he said to them who is he whose voice i shall hear i do…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:653…our god and after a few words again in like manner the lord god of the hebrews hath sent me unto thee saying let my people go that they may serve me in the wilderness b…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:233…for when he first heard those divine words let my people go that they may serve me in the wilderness c he took it up and said who is the lord that i should obey his…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:213…rod which was turned into a serpent and you shall say to him the lord god of the hebrews has sent me to you saying let my people go that they may serve me in the…
17Exod 7:17
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:213…hearkened until now thus says the lord in this you shall know that i am the lord behold i will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the water that is in the…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:275…command moses adds thus says the lord by this you shall know that i am the lord behold i strike with the rod that is in my hand the water that is in the river not…
18Exod 7:18
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:367…about the river for water to drink for they could not drink of the water of the river original script column see facsimile h to ebpaikon hexaplorum qu supersunt h version of the hebraic text egypt…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:477…a unto thy voice take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land and the water which thou takest out of the river shall…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:213…and it shall be turned into blood and the fish that are in the river shall die and the river shall stink and the egyptians shall not be able to drink water from the river and…
19Exod 7:19
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:213…collected water and it shall be blood and there was blood in all the land of egypt both in the wood and in the stones and moses and aaron did so as the lord commanded them…
20Exod 7:20
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:213…moses and aaron went in before pharaoh and his servants and they did so as the lord commanded them and aaron cast down his rod before pharaoh and before his servants and it became a dragon…
21Exod 7:21
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:801…two signs neither will harken unto thy voice that thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land and the water which thou takest out of the river shall…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:367…egypt dug round about the river for water to drink for they could not drink of the water of the river original script column see facsimile h to ebpaikon hexaplorum qu supersunt h version of the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:1059…at all but they are closest he says to it the extremities of the water of the river and the bottom of the ship and the rudder next the wild beast and the altar also the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:249…a take of the water of the river and pour it out upon the dry land and the water which thou shalt take from the river…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:477…a unto thy voice take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land and the water which thou takest out of the river shall…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:815…thee for these two signs neither hear thy voice thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land and the water which thou shalt take out of the river…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:535…accommodate and attemper himself to our infirmity a vers you shall take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land and the water which you have drawn from the river shall…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:207…these two signs nor listen to your voice that you shall take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land and the water which you take from the river shall become…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:213…in the river was turned into blood and the fish that were in the river died and the river stank and the egyptians could not drink water from the river and the blood was in all…
Macarius Chrysokephalos c. 1300–1382PG 150:195…stench are evident proof for the fish the scripture says that were in the river died and the river stank and the egyptians could not drink the water of the river god punished the egyptians first…
22Exod 7:22
Alexander of Alexandria d. 326PG 18:629…were seized in the act; nevertheless, the narrative voice writes beforehand: And the sorcerers of the Egyptians did by their enchantments likewise (Exodus 7:22). It was necessary, therefore, as the dogmatist Origen laid…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:689…avily with their ears, and they shut their eyes (Is. 6:10). It resembles also what is said in Exodus concerning Pharaoh: And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened (Exod. 7:22). The Jews, therefore, were curdled lik…
23Exod 7:23
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:213…he did not hearken to them as the lord had said but pharaoh turned and went into his house and did not set his mind even to this and all the egyptians dug round about the…
24Exod 7:24
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:367…of egypt did the same with their sorceries and all egypt dug round about the river for water to drink for they could not drink of the water of the river original script column see facsimile…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:477…a unto thy voice take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land and the water which thou takest out of the river shall…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:277…have translated this in agreement symmachus saying d and all egypt dug round about the river for water to drink because they could not drink from the flow…