Where the Fathers quote Ezekiel 3
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1Ezek 3:1
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:379A…4). And what more than Jeremiah? For he also had inspiration when he was sent. And what than Ezekiel? For he, having consumed the scroll, spoke in this manner (Ezek. 3:1). Otherwise, those who were about to he…
2Ezek 3:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:749B…rd what they say they have heard, and experienced things similar to these, just as they write that they ate the beginning of the book that was offered to them (Ezech. III, 2). Thus also Isaac smelled the odor of h…
3Ezek 3:3
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:183A…expressing this operation by a sensible likeness, and eating the volume of a book, and that with pleasure. And it was, he says, in my mouth as sweet honey (Ezech. 3:3). Because, therefore, they received the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:43C…in another way. For the roll of a book is given to Ezekiel, and he eats what he was about to speak: And it was, he says, in his mouth as honey sweetening (Ezek. 3:3). And again, the hand of God touches th…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:843…a ate and it became in my mouth as honey for sweetness for how sweet saith the divine david are thy words to my throat more than honey to…
Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:307…took the little book from the hand of the angel and ate it and it was in my mouth sweet as honey and when i had eaten it my belly was embittered the book appeared sweet…
Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:641…i took the book from the hand of the angel and devoured it and it was in my mouth as honey sweet and when i had eaten it my belly was made bitter and they say…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…this scroll given to thee and i ate it and it became in my mouth as honey for sweetness and he said to me son of man go get thee unto the house of israel and…
4Ezek 3:4
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:183…which god said to the blessed prophet ezekiel it is as follows son of man go get thee unto the house of israel and speak my words unto them for thou art not sent to a…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:627…lord of all shows to be true speaking somewhere thus to ezekiel son of man go get thee unto the house of israel thou art not sent to a people of strange language nor of a…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…became in my mouth as honey for sweetness and he said to me son of man go get thee unto the house of israel and speak my words to them for not to a people deep…
5Ezek 3:5
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:183…thee unto the house of israel and speak my words unto them for thou art not sent to a people of a deep lip and a hard language unto the house of israel nor to many…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:627…ezekiel son of man go get thee unto the house of israel thou art not sent to a people of strange language nor of a heavy tongue had i sent thee to such they would have…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:843…enter into the house of israel and speak my words to them for thou art not sent to a people of deep lip or heavy tongue but to the house of israel neither to many peoples…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…israel and speak my words to them for not to a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue art thou sent to the house of israel nor to many peoples of strange speech or strange…
7Ezek 3:7
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:183…i had sent thee to such they would have hearkened unto thee but the house of israel will not want to hearken unto thee because they will not hearken unto me for all the house of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:627…had i sent thee to such they would have hearkened unto thee but the house of israel will not hearken unto thee for they are contentious and hard hearted c for the foreigners and those of…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:843…to such as these they would have hearkened to thee d vers but the house of israel will not want to listen to thee for they do not want to listen to me because all the…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1941…various kinds of torments therefore even now the lord addresses ezechiel himself but the house of israel will not listen to you because they refuse to listen to me since the whole house of israel is…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:259…that we do not give an opening and occasion for wicked contradictions for all the house of israel are contentious and hard of heart says ezekiel but we shall put forward a few and those so…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…if i had sent thee to such they would have obeyed thee but the house of israel will not want to listen to thee because they will not want to listen to me because all the…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:107…i had sent you to such they would have listened to you but the house of israel will not want to obey you because they do not want to listen to me this same thing is…
8Ezek 3:8
OrigenesPG 16:2693…because all the house of israel are contentious and stiff of heart behold i have made thy face strong against their face and i will fortify thy contention against their contention and it shall be i…
11Ezek 3:11
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:839…mans. The happy name of the field, for the field: the name of the virgin, and others accumulated by critics. Cor. ...Suda. Whence here [the verse] of Ezekiel III, 11, in Ambrose is translated we perished, in Cyprian we exp…
12Ezek 3:12
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1029…of the orders angels archangels thrones dominions principalities powers virtues exclaiming say blessed be the glory of the lord from his place and israel thy earthly church gathered from the nations contending with the heavenly powers…
Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:387…to the son of david and those above were glorifying blessed is the glory of the lord from his place but those below were theologizing blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:427…him and isaiah ye shall see the king with glory and ezekiel blessed be the glory of the lord from his place and this was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the lord…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:877C…e in the hands of the prophets (Ose. XII, 10)—this is the voice of the Son. And as in Ezekiel: And the Spirit of God took me up, and cast me into the field (Ezech. III, 12, 22)—this concerns the Holy Spirit. And…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:707A…they turn away their eyes, since they are not even able to bear that condescension of God. The Cherubim say: "Blessed be the glory of the Lord from His place" (Ezek. 3:12). Not that God has need of a place, God…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:843A…holy, Lord of Sabaoth; the whole earth is full of his glory (Isa. vi, 5). I added also the Cherubim crying: Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place (Ezech. iii, 12). Three witnesses on earth, three in he…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:773…to be glorified whence also the cherubim offer him such a hymn blessed be the glory of the lord from his place honor as to the father honor thy father and thy mother it is prescribed…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:417C…eness of the Son of man (Ezek. 10:1; 1:26). And a voice of the Cherubim was made, as of many waters, crying: “Blessed be the glory of the Lord from His place” (Ezek. 3:12). Do you see also the reverence of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:705…the son of david matth and the former were doxologizing blessed is the glory of the lord from his place while the latter were theologizing blessed is he that cometh in the name of the lord…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:709…hidden away among the persians and with the cherubim he cries out blessed be the glory of the lord from his place thus the devil did not profit by putting adam to death in paradise for…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:633…the earth thy glory in ezekiel and the spirit of the lord took me up and i heard behind me the voice of a great commotion saying blessed be the glory of the lord from his…
Proclus of Constantinople c. 390 – 446PG 65:717…a cherubim he cries out with a content voice blessed be the glory of the lord from his place thus it profited the devil nothing to have inflicted death upon adam in paradise…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:845…spirit and i heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake blessed be the glory of the lord from his place h having received these commands he says i was hastening to fulfill the service…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:471…and concerning the cherubim the divine ezekiel said that he heard them saying blessed be the glory of the lord from his place they do not only sing hymns but they also minister in divine dispensations…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:211…the senses cry out like the voice of many waters blessed is the glory of the lord from his place while others cry out that most celebrated and most venerable song of divine praise holy holy…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:233…many waters for they cry out according to the most inspired ezekiel blessed be the glory of the lord from his place and others cry out the hymn of many praises holy holy holy lord sabaoth…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:871…the house of god and this is the gate of heaven and the spirit took me up and i heard behind me…
Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:873…a the voice of a great commotion blessed be the glory of the lord from his place if i give sleep to my eyes or slumbers to my eyelids or rest…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:799…and reason and they sing that triple holy to the almighty trinity saying blessed be the glory of the lord in all ages from his most holy place by these three words the angelic hymn is…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:469…he also brings in the angels glorifying god because of her and saying blessed be the glory of the lord from his place and jacob the patriarch having seen this in an enigma said how terrible…
Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:653…to the lord the priest looking toward the east exclaims blessed is the glory of the lord from his holy place always now and ever and unto the ages of ages this c therefore in the…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…god if perhaps they may hear if perhaps they may concede and the spirit took me up and i heard behind me the voice of a great commotion saying blessed be the glory of the lord…
14Ezek 3:14
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:435…moved for the noise being borne from everywhere was great vers and the spirit lifted me up and took me and i went raised aloft in the impulse of my spirit for the grace of the…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…the wheels before them and the voice of a great commotion and the spirit lifted me up and took me and i went high in the air in the impetuosity of my spirit and the hand…
16Ezek 3:16
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:435…the divine energy d vers and it came to pass after the seven days that the word of the lord came to me saying son of man i have given you as a watchman in the…
17Ezek 3:17
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1029A…I am a physician, I apply the medicines; I am a teacher, I have been commanded to exhort; for it says: I have given you as a watchman to the house of Israel (Ezech. 3: 17). Do I correct no one? And what of that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:655C…. An igitur solus hoc dicit Paulus? Nequaquam, sed ante Paulum Deus rursus istud ipsum per prophetam subindicat, ita dicens: Speculatorem dedi te domui Israel (Ezech. 3. 17). Quid est hoc, Speculatorem? Speculato…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:881…f Israel; if you do not say to the wicked that he should depart from his evil ways, he will indeed die in his sins, but his soul I will require from your hand (Ezek. 3:17, 18): so also the people, unless they h…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:435…for the destruction of those set under them hear from the lord son of man i have made thee a watchman unto the house of israel and thou shalt hear the word at my mouth and…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1053…ezechiel the prophet should be noted son of man i have given thee a watchman unto the house of israel and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth and thou shalt announce it to them…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1143…adds b vers and thou o son of man i have set thee a watchman unto the house of israel and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth and shalt warn them from me what…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1601A…We must remember what was said to Ezekiel. For to him also God said: «I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel» (Ezech. III, 17). And here, addressing all the people,…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1537A…laughtering, and did not repent; and those who sold them said, ‘Blessed is the Lord, and we have become rich,’ and their shepherds suffered nothing for them.” Ezech. iii, 17-21. — “Son of man, I have given you as a w…
OrigenesPG 16:2737…require his blood at the hand of the watchman so thou o son of man i have made thee a watchman to the house of israel and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth and…
18Ezek 3:18
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:605…warning and thou shalt announce it from me when i say to the wicked thou shalt surely die and thou hast not spoken to warn the wicked from his wickedness that wicked man shall die in…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1129A…hing of this kind, he is liable to such a judgment, or even to this one thing, that the blood of him who has sinned, he says, shall be required from his hands (Ezech. iii, 18). INTERROGATION LXV. How does someone…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1257B…ho, being commanded to announce it to the people, kept silence, having spoken thus: "The blood of the sinner shall be required from the hands of the watchman" (Ezech. III, 18). Convinced that this is most true…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:655…y on a preacher who has not predicted the divine wrath. What then, finally? "I will require the souls of those who perish," He says, "from your hand" (Ezech. III, 18). Who then is so cruel and inhuman and unmerciful, who woul…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:435…thou shalt hear the word at my mouth and shalt warn them when i say unto the wicked thou shalt surely die if therefore thou hast not spoken to warn the ungodly from his way that…
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1219…warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness that wicked man shall die in his iniquity but you will have delivered your soul those who reprove vices are often rendered languid and sluggish…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1053…shalt announce it to them from me if while i say to the wicked thou shalt surely die thou doest not announce it to him nor hast spoken that he turn from his wicked way and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:437…wicked way he shall die in his iniquity but his blood will i require at your hand h interpretation of the fifty first chapter of isaiah h…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1143…convey what is spoken by me with all alacrity of mind vers when i say unto the wicked o wicked man thou shalt surely die and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1145…which he hath committed he shall die and when i say to the wicked thou shalt surely die and he shall turn from his iniquity and do judgment and justice and restore the pledge to the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:545…turn from his evil way that he may live the ungodly indeed shall die in his iniquity but his blood…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1253…that he may turn the wicked man from his wicked way that wicked man shall die in his iniquity but his blood will i require at your hand with these agree also those things said parabolically…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1471D…, 13). And God commanded Ezekiel to announce to the people; and he adds threats, saying: "Unless you have announced, I shall require his blood from your hand" (Ezech. III, 18). Fearing therefore this judgment, we…
John Zonaras d. after 1159PG 135:429…ys through the prophet: "If you do not admonish, nor speak, the wicked man shall die in his iniquity, and his blood shall be required from your hand" (Ezekiel 3:18). What, then, does this divine decree suggest to those who…
OrigenesPG 16:2737…them from me when i say to the wicked o wicked man thou shalt surely die and thou dost not speak that the wicked may be warned from his way that same wicked man shall die…
Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1013…takes a soul from among them he indeed is taken because of his iniquity but his blood will i require from your hand but if you reprove the wicked man and he does not turn from…
Matthew BlastaresPG 144:1223…the prophet if you do not warn and do not speak the wicked man shall die in his iniquity but his blood will be required from your hand furthermore the great paul orders not only the…
19Ezek 3:19
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1505…wicked man and the wicked man does not turn from his wickedness he shall die in his iniquity but you shall deliver your soul for by keeping silent and not speaking with boldness you partake he…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1053…he turn from his wicked way and live the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity but i will require his blood from thy hand but if thou hast announced it to the wicked and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:437…wicked way he shall die in his iniquity but his blood will i require at your hand h interpretation of the fifty first chapter…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1181D…e heard from them that this path is straight, smooth, and safe; yet, having become listless in their enthusiasm for the journey through the middle... Ezech. III, 19.…
OrigenesPG 16:2737…the wicked may be warned from his way that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity but i will require his blood at thy hand but if thou forewarn the wicked man of his way…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:69A…them. But if they do not listen, you at least will have been held guiltless by God through your own zeal. For the prophet says: 'You have delivered your soul' (Ezek. 3. 19). Therefore, do not cease to encourage…
20Ezek 3:20
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:879…the iniquities that the wicked man hath done all his righteousness that he hath done shall not be remembered in his fall in which he hath fallen but in his sins which he hath sinned in…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:983C…llen, he persists in it, because he was not taught by him the manner of amendment, let him know that his blood will be required at his hands, as it is written (Ezech. III, 20); and especially if he has neglected an…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:433B…ly silence, I will show you. For if you do not define it to the people, he says, that one will die in his sin, but his blood will I require from your hand (Ezech. 3. 20). Others, from speaking indiscriminatel…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:435…from his way that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity but his blood will i require at thy hand d h cxiv to innocent the monk h because many indiscriminate and unguarded associations occur…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:437…wicked way he shall die in his iniquity but his blood will i require at your hand h interpretation of the fifty first chapter of isaiah h a vers lift up your…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1143…his way to live that wicked man shall die in his iniquity but his blood will i require at thine hand if he says i condemn someone to death and you do not make known to…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1253…from his wicked way that wicked man shall die in his iniquity but his blood will i require at your hand with these agree also those things said parabolically by the lord thou slothful and sluggish…
John IV the Faster d. 595PG 88:1899…he shall surely live and shall not die all his transgressions whatsoever he hath done shall not be remembered in his justice that he hath done he shall live do i at all desire the death…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1811…you have warned him and he has not turned from his iniquity he shall die in his sin and you will deliver your own soul and if a just man shall turn away from his justice…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…and shall work wickedness and i shall give torments before his face he shall die because thou hast not warned him and he shall die in his sins because his justices which he did shall not…
OrigenesPG 16:2715…done if he shall do it shall he live all his justices which he hath done shall not be remembered against him in his delinquency in which he hath fallen and in his sins which he…
22Ezek 3:22
Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1309A…and a ram three years old, and a turtledove, and a pigeon," and the rest; and, "Take your beloved son, whom you loved, Isaac." (IV Reg. v, 19; Jerem. xxxi, 31; Ezech. iii, 22; I Thess. iv, 16; Dan. vii, 9; Gen. xv,…
23Ezek 3:23
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:851…into itself is able to perceive divine things more accurately vers and i arose and went forth into the field and behold there the glory of the lord was standing like the vision and like the…
Anthony the GreatPG 40:1045C…y of God, it was not in the city, nor in a town, but outside in the field; for God had said to him: Go forth into the field, and there thou shalt see my glory (Ezech. iii, 23). In sum, these visions and manifestati…
24Ezek 3:24
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:235…me i fell upon my face to the ground and he touched me and set me upon my feet and he said behold i will make known unto thee what shall be in the last end…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:851…chobar and i fell upon my face and the spirit came upon me and set me upon my feet he enjoys the vision more frequently so that he may be rendered more diligent for the ministry…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…man stand upon thy feet and i will speak to thee and the spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet and i heard him speaking to me and he said to me son…
OrigenesPG 16:2879…into a stupor upon my face to the ground and he touched me and set me upon my feet and said behold i will make known to thee what things shall be in the last end…
25Ezek 3:25
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:853…thou son of man behold bonds are given upon thee and they shall bind thee with them and thou shalt not go out from the midst of them and i will bind thy tongue to thy…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…thou son of man behold chains are given upon thee and they shall bind thee with them and thou shalt not go out from the midst of them and i will tie thy tongue together to…
26Ezek 3:26
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:557…prophet ezekiel and i will bind thy tongue to thy throat and thou shalt be dumb and shalt not be to them a man that rebuketh because it is a provoking house for those who have…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:853…will bind thy tongue to thy throat and thou shalt be mute and shalt not be to them a man that rebuketh because it is a provoking house b like a trainer of athletes the lord…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…them thus saith the lord if perhaps they may hear or fear for they are a rebellious house and they shall know that a prophet is among them and thou son of man do not be…
27Ezek 3:27
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:777…the proper time because it is said and when i speak unto thee i will open thy mouth and thou shalt say unto them thus saith the lord he that heareth let him hear and he…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:737…but rather the opposite then we lowly as we are must say he that heareth let him hear and he that is stubborn let him be stubborn and let him no longer cause trouble to the…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:853…iniquitous are indeed to be despised vers and when i speak to thee i will open thy mouth and thou shalt say unto them thus saith the lord adonai he that heareth let him hear and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:281C…a disobedient and rebellious heart." "Thus says the Lord: He who hears me, let him hear; and he who disobeys, let him disobey, because it is a bitter house." Ezech. III, 27. — "Thus says the Lord: He who hears me…
OrigenesPG 16:2693…them thus saith the lord if perhaps they may hear or fear for they are a rebellious house and they shall know that a prophet is among them and thou son of man do not be…