Where the Fathers quote Isaiah 38
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Expounded by the Fathers
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:329expounds v.10“Εγω ειπα· εν τω υψει των ημερων μου πορευσομαι εν πυλαις αδου καταλειψω τα ετη τα επιλοιπα.”238. On the Savior’s saying regarding the Church: «Gates of Hades»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:729expounds v.10“Εγω ειπα· εν τω υψει των ημερων μου πορευσομαι εν πυλαις αδου καταλειψω τα ετη τα επιλοιπα.”On the Savior’s promise: «The gates of Hades»
1Isa 38:1
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:355…vers and it came to pass in that time that hezekiah was sick unto death and isaiah the son of amos the prophet came to him and said to him thus saith the lord set thine…
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:383…as if he had heard from isaiah along with hezekiah set thy house in order for thou shalt die he first requested the sacraments and receiving them piously and afterwards repeating them for while he enjoyed…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:477D…. I do not say that making a will is a bad thing; for the prophet also somewhere exhorts man: "Set your house in order; for you shall die, and shall not live" (Isa. xxxviii, 1). But I lampoon our choices regarding e…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2323…xxxviii h it came to pass at that time that hezekiah was sick unto death and isaiah the son of amoz the prophet came to him and said to him thus saith the lord set thy…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:389…the prophet having entered to him says set in order thy house for thou shalt die and not live by the same words removing two opinions from him for some of the jews used to say…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:137C…o, having fallen ill, lay upon his bed; and having heard Isaiah saying to him, "Set your house in order; for you shall die, and shall not live" (IV Reg. xx, 1; Isa. xxxviii, 1), he turned to the wall, watered his be…
Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:739C…nd of life for all; another distributes the end of this light and death. And to some He adds years, from others He cuts them short, as He did to King Hezekiah (Isa. XXXVIII, 1 ff.) and to the wicked Balthasar (Dan.…
2Isa 38:2
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:355…thou shalt die and not live and hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed unto the lord saying remember o lord how i have walked before thee in truth with a sincere heart and…
3Isa 38:3
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:355…to the wall and prayed unto the lord saying remember o lord how i have walked before thee in truth with a sincere heart and have done that which is pleasing in thy sight and hezekiah…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:531B…en Hezekiah was saddened, not remembering tables, nor riches, nor kingdom, but righteousness. "Remember, O Lord," he says, "how I walked before thee in truth" (Isa. XXXVIII, 3). Behold also Paul, one of those who le…
5Isa 38:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:69…ly also where a reading proceeded from Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion, after the asterisk ✳ οἱ Γ., that is the three translators, was placed: thus Isaiah xxxviii, 5, ✳ οἱ Γ. ὦ δὴ κύριε: In the most ancient codices, the Cois…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:355…man vers and the word of the lord came to isaiah saying go and say to hezekiah thus saith the lord the god of david thy father god called david his father bearing the highest testimony…
PG 10 (anthology)PG 10:387…ienna library, which contain annotations on Genesis I, 5, 6; III, 8; XLIX, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 16. Certain other fragments, such as that on Hezekiah, in Isaiah XXXVIII, 5, from the Coislin codex 193. A passage from the second serm…
6Isa 38:6
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:349…babylon and upon his land just as i have taken vengeance upon the king of assyria and i will restore israel to his pasture and he shall feed in carmel and on mount ephraim and in…
OrigenesPG 16:2385…of babylon and upon his land as i have taken vengeance upon the king of assyria and i will restore israel to his pasture and he shall feed in carmel and in bashan and in the…
7Isa 38:7
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:357…another stupendous thing vers and this shall be a sign to you from the lord that the lord will do this word behold i will turn back the shadow of the degrees which the sun has…
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:731…said iv kings ch xx this will be the sign to you from the lord that the lord will do the word which he has spoken do you wish that the shadow go up ten lines…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1535D…o interject themselves into the lawsuits of others. Prov. xxvi, 17. — “As one who grabs a dog by the tail, so is he who presides over another’s lawsuit.” Isa. xxxviii, 7. — “The counsel of the wicked wills law…
8Isa 38:8
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:117D…hou still over Gibeon, and thou moon over the valley of Ailon (Josh. 10:12). And again the prophet Isaiah caused it to turn back in the time of King Hezekiah (Is. 38:8), and Moses gave commands to air and se…
9Isa 38:9
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:357…migrate from the sunset of life to another life vers the prayer of hezekiah king of judah when he was sick and recovered from his illness vers i said in the height of my days i…
10Isa 38:10
Eusebius of Emesa c. 300-359PG 86:519D…power; this happens when the souls of the dead enter into the kingdom of Hades, to which, besides the underworld, there is no territory, no power (Ps. ix, 14; Isa. xxxviii, 10; Sap. xvi, 15). If, therefore, Hades is…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:787…sick and recovered from his illness vers i said in the height of my days i shall go to the gates of the grave i shall leave the remaining years i said i shall no longer…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:391…things previously mentioned for he says thus i said in the height of my days i shall go b that is to say i always kept this thought to myself saying that i shall always live…
OrigenesPG 16:1831…i pray lord i shall deliver you a shadow by degrees writing in the cutting off of my days of the living with dwellers it has ceased my generation as a crane a swallow so did…
11Isa 38:11
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1359…my soul unto thy rest and again i will please before the lord in the land of the living he subjoins here these words i believed therefore i have spoken for i believed that there is…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:181…said i believe that i shall see the good things of the lord in the land of the living that is by the good and guileless is denoted he who has practical virtue by righteousness and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:469…an oath verse that day there shall be an altar to the lord in the land of the egyptians and a pillar at its border to the lord and it shall be for a sign and…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1117…in the end of the previous psalm i will please before the lord in the land of the living he now says in the beginning of the present one i believed regarding what i prophesied there…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1435…inherited thy wrath i believe to see the good things of the lord in the land of the living i am fully persuaded in the righteousness of god that while still living in this world i…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1577…the tripping up by the invisible enemies i will please before the lord in the land of the living the land of the living is the world to come in which no one lies in wait…
13Isa 38:13
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:391…i was delivered until morning as a lion so he has crushed all my bones from day even to night i was delivered that is to say in that time of my illness i was delivered…
14Isa 38:14
Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1297A…ed." And the future instead of the present, as: "They will dwell and hide," instead of "they dwell"; and, "They will speak out and talk." (Psal. VI, 7; LXV, 6; Isa. XXXVIII, 14; Psal. LIV, 17; Exod. XV, 15; Psal. LV,…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:959A…ve, which the prophet Isaias says has as it were the power of meditating, for he says: As the young of the swallow, so will I cry; I will meditate as a dove (Isa. XXXVIII, 14). The Legislator therefore found a way…
15Isa 38:15
OrigenesPG 16:331…not a cloud is consumed and departs even so i will speak in the bitterness of my soul or a whale the hebrew labors he will comfort me my own bed will take to itself in…
OrigenesPG 16:1831…me whereas he himself hath done it i will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul aquila to dying alas i pray lord i shall deliver you in infirmity and silence…
16Isa 38:16
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:495…for himself all things invisible and visible thrones dominions principalities powers virtues and in all these things is the same wisdom and holy voice from glory to glory crying holy holy holy proclaiming the father in…
18Isa 38:18
OrigenesPG 16:1835…bitterness for the underworld shall not confess thee nor shall death praise thee they that go down into the pit thy truth on the wound aquila notes and various readings on chapter xxxviii of isaiah v…
OrigenesPG 16:1837…h symmacus h for they that go down into the pit shall not praise thee neither shall the dead praise thee another for neither shall hades praise thee…
20Isa 38:20
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1657…now pray that he may guard us on this holy day and all the days of our life in all peace almighty our lord god deacon stand for adoration priest o lord god almighty father of…
22Isa 38:22
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:791…as a plaster and you shall be sound and hezekiah said this is the sign that i shall go up into the house of the lord in the fourth book of kings it is written that…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:53…tears behold i will heal you on the third day and you shall go up to the house of the lord and i will add fifteen years to your days and i will deliver you and…