Where the Fathers quote Hebrews 4

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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1232expounds v.8“ει γαρ αυτους Ιησους κατεπαυσεν ουκ αν περι αλλης ελαλει μετα ταυτα ημερας·”147. On the scripture, «For if Joshua had given them rest». Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1377expounds v.8“ει γαρ αυτους Ιησους κατεπαυσεν, ουκ αν περι αλλης ελαλει μετα ταυτα ημερας·”On «For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken of another day... there remains a Sabbath rest» Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:248expounds v.13“και ουκ εστι κτισις αφανης ενωπιον αυτου παντα δε γυμνα και τετραχηλισμενα τοις οφθαλμοις αυτου προς ον ημιν ο λογος.”On divine omniscience: «All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him»

1Heb 4:1

Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:863…enter in because of unbelief and he continues let us fear therefore lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short of it for unto us… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:55…added chap let us fear therefore lest perhaps the promise being left of entering into his rest any of you should be thought to be wanting for to us also it has been announced just as… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:57…he says of christ then again from the fearful things let us fear lest a promise being left of entering into his rest any of you should seem to have come short of it for that… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:495…because of unbelief let us fear therefore lest while a promise remains of entering into his rest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it and after other things there remains therefore a… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:615…us saying let us fear therefore lest perhaps while a promise remains of entering into his rest any of you should seem to have fallen short for we have been evangelized just as they were but… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:799…says let us fear lest while a promise is left for entering his rest any of you should seem to have come short of it for it is necessary to run that we may overtake him… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:529…speak to the hebrews writing about the ancients let us fear therefore lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short of it for unto us… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1079…paul was saying let us fear lest perhaps a promise being left of entering into his rest any of you should be thought to be wanting for he lacks that rest now who does not work… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:701…foretold this to us h chapter iv h verse therefore let us fear lest a promise being left of entering into his rest any of you should seem to have come short of it he declared… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:947…because of unbelief h chap iv h vers let us fear therefore lest a promise being left us of entering into this rest any of you should seem to come short for unto us was the… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:819…because of unbelief let us fear therefore lest a promise being left of entering into his rest any of you should seem to have come short of it for indeed we have had good tidings preached… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:311…into the rest which has been set forth let us fear therefore lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short of it for we have…

2Heb 4:2

Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:863…his rest any of you should seem to come short of it for unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them but the word preached did not profit them not being mixed with… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:55…for that today is always then he says but the word heard did not profit them not being mixed with faith in those who heard showing how it did not profit for it did not profit… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:615…have been evangelized just as they were but the word of hearing did not profit them not being mixed with faith in those who heard for we who have believed enter into his rest in the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:529…his rest any of you should seem to come short of it for unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them and because it might seem to those who do not know how… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:947…entering into this rest any of you should seem to come short for unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them but the word preached did not profit them not being mixed with… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:819…as also they but the word of hearing did not profit them because they were not united by faith with them that heard of the same from the epistle to the romans to them that by… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:309…preaching this in fact he indicates as he proceeds when he says for unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them d howbeit not all that came out of egypt for caleb and… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:311…to us just as they did but the word which they heard did not profit them not being mixed with faith in those who heard when it is said he says today if you will hear…

3Heb 4:3

4Heb 4:4

5Heb 4:5

6Heb 4:6

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:57…it is not left he says for some to enter into it and they to whom it was before preached entered not in because of unbelief he again defines a certain day today in david saying… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:703…rest verses since then it remains for some to enter into it and they to whom it was first preached did not enter because of unbelief he again marks a certain day 'today ' saying in… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:947…and in this place again if they shall enter into my rest seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief he… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:313…rest seeing therefore that it remains for some to enter into it and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief he again limits a certain day to day in david…

7Heb 4:7

8Heb 4:8

Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:529…of his thoughts toward that as a goal he adds immediately afterward for if jesus had given them rest he would not have spoken of another day after this there remaineth therefore a sabbatism to the… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:159B…rmer. On the saying of Paul, Hebr. ii, 15. 147. Not Jesus Nave [Joshua], or Joshua, but Jesus Christ brought forth true and solid rest. On the passage of Paul, Hebr. iv, 8 and 9. 148. Those who act iniquitously… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:901…if you will hear his voice do not harden your hearts ' for if jesus had given them rest he would never speak of another by this day therefore after those things which have been predicted… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:947…david says again today if ye will hear his voice b vers for if jesus had given them rest then would he not afterward have spoken of another day he clearly says these things as though… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:313…to day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts for if jesus had given them rest he would not afterward have spoken of another day there remaineth therefore a sabbatismus to the people… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:315…for every commandment of god also carries with it a future reward for if jesus had given them rest if that were the only rest namely the promised land into which they entered under the leadership…

9Heb 4:9

John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:947…did not admit faith neither did they enter into the rest vers there remaineth therefore a rest to the people of god and whence is this evident from the fact that he warned harden not your… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:773A…where: "There remains a sabbatism for the people of God; for he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his own" (Heb. IV, 9). If the seventh day is a figure of the… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:399B…is elēma, because in the manner of a cylinder they folded books in ancient times. Page 612, verse 6, apoleipetai Sabbaton (there remaineth a Sabbath-rest). Hebr. IV, 9. Verse 12, to teleion (that which is…

10Heb 4:10

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:771A…nless, as Paul says, he were commemorating another rest left to those who are to be obedient, in which God will rest from all those things which He then works (Hebr. 4. 10, 11). Psalmus XCV. The Psalm… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:167B…as we are in the desert, that is, in the present life. "For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his" (Heb. 4:10). Let us not therefore "be weary in wel… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:57…he himself did not speak thus but how for he that has entered into his rest he also has ceased from his works as god did from his own as god ceased he says from his… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1077…rest that is the rest of christ the same has also rested from his own works as god did from his a pall it is true cyr thus then did the divine oracle decree for us… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:529…he gives an accurate sign of the meaning immediately thereafter by adding for he that is entered into his rest he also hath ceased from his own works as god did from his let us labour… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2597…and again there remaineth therefore a sabbatismus to the people of god for he that is entered into his rest he also hath ceased from his own works as god did from his a sabbatism according… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:1073…was also laid hold of by jesus christ and to the hebrews for he that is entered into his rest he also hath ceased from his works as god did from his own and again in… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:947…spiritual and true the time of the coming of our savior vers for he that is entered into his rest he also hath ceased from his own works as god did from his let us labour… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:313…another day there remaineth therefore a sabbatismus to the people of god for he that is entered into his rest he also hath ceased from his own works as god did from his seeing therefore that…

11Heb 4:11

12Heb 4:12

13Heb 4:13

14Heb 4:14

15Heb 4:15

Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:91…not seek the redemption of him who was tempted in all points like as we are yet without sin b and was never held in captivity by the enemies but since we have once distinguished between… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1165A…you subvert the simple. For it is sufficient to believe what is written and what has come to pass, as Paul says, "To the likeness in all things, without sin" (Hebr. IV, 15). And Peter says, "Christ therefore hav… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1459…in all things like as we are, yet without sin (Heb. iv, 15). Seeing then that Abraham’s seed is a… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1385…heavens jesus the son of god let us hold fast our profession for we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:633…to the father b an advocate for us for as paul says we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like as… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1101…shed the Samaritans to be destroyed because they would not receive Christ. § V. "We do not have a high priest," etc. This is from the Apostle to the Hebrews iv, 15 (recte 16), where he exhorts them to the confidence of obta… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:949…priest who cannot sympathize with our infirmities but one who has been in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin for he is not he says ignorant of our affairs as are many… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:301…m the cradle. For He wept countless times as a child, and countless times, having become a man, He spat; for He was tested in all things like us, as Paul says (Heb. iv, 15), sin alone excepted. Behold, therefore…

16Heb 4:16

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:727…these things let us hurry to be present at that hour so that we may obtain mercy and find grace and help in time of need you praised what was said with much commotion and applause… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:63…d let us go therefore with confidence unto the throne of his grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace in seasonable aid what throne of grace does he speak of the royal throne concerning… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:709…given to our infirmity vers let us therefore come with confidence to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace in seasonable aid as god christ the lord possesses a natural kingdom… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1827…of the household of god c let us therefore approach with boldness the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace in time of need and our benevolent savior and lord calls us… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:949…able to sympathize b vers let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace that we may receive mercy it is a throne of grace not a throne of judgment for the whole… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:319…a let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help in order then that we may not fall into…