Where the Fathers quote Isaiah 41
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1Isa 41:1
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…faint let the isles keep silence before me and let the nations renew their strength let them come near then let them speak let us come near together to judgment the lord however condemns through the…
4Isa 41:4
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1223…his feet shall not appear who hath wrought and done these things calling the generations from the beginning i the lord am the first and the last the islands saw and feared the ends of the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:789D…Deum clamantem: "Videte, videte quia ego sum, et non est Deus præter me" [Deut. XXXII, 39]. Et iterum: "Ego Deus primus, et ego posthæc, et non est præter me" [Isa. XLI, 4]. Ad hæc ipse quoque Filius ad Patrem a…
Socrates Scholasticus c. 380–c. 450PG 67:281B…otten God Himself, let him be anathema. If any one, in regard to that which is written: I am the first God, and I am hereafter, and besides me there is no God (Isa. XLI, 4; XLIV, 6; XLVIII, 12), which was indeed…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1071B…y covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one cried to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; the whole earth is full of his glory." Isa. XLI, 4. — "I am the Lord, and in those things…
5Isa 41:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1473…be troubled etc at the signs of jesus christ even those in the ends of the earth were afraid especially the jews having heard of this and rather even having seen it you have enriched it…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1223…i the lord am the first and the last the islands saw and feared the ends of the earth were astonished they drew near and came everyone will help his neighbour and say to his brother…
8Isa 41:8
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:377…fastened with certain dowels and nails ver but you israel my child jacob whom i have chosen the seed of abraham whom i have loved he calls him child first then elect and afterwards beloved he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:833…how is this not truly full of all folly but you israel my servant jacob whom i have chosen the seed of abraham whom i have loved whom i have taken hold of from the ends…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:41…do orth when therefore we hear the prophet saying but you israel my servant jacob whom i have chosen the seed of abraham whom i have loved b do we consider the jews to be merely…
Gregentius of Taphar traditional dates c. 502-552PG 86:705…regarding israel the nations he says are in these but you israel my servant jacob whom i have chosen seed of abraham whom i have loved whom i have taken hold of from the ends of…
9Isa 41:9
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:475D…and that the prophet says the same thing which Isaiah also later: Fear not, Israel, I have called you from the ends of the earth, and I said, You are my son (Is. XLI, 9). What is, He will call them all by na…
10Isa 41:10
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:533D…heavens" (Isa. xl, 12). And again: "For I am the Lord thy God, who have confirmed thee, and helped thee, and have set thee in safety with my just right hand" (Isa. xli, 10). Certain people say that the right han…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:687…l save them. For this is often interpreted as the right hand of God, especially when that which is set before us is, I have established you by my right hand (Isa. XLI, 10); and, My right hand has established t…
11Isa 41:11
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…law of god so that it may not be said of them all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded and they shall be as nothing and they that strive with thee…
12Isa 41:12
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…shall be as nothing and they that strive with thee shall perish thou shalt seek them and shalt not find them even them that contended with thee they shall be as nothing and as the thing…
16Isa 41:16
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:313…is a very great multitude in horses and they did not trust in the holy one of israel and they did not seek the lord and he himself wisely brought evils upon them and his word…
OrigenesPG 16:1847…away and a whirlwind and you shall rejoice in the lord and in the holy one of israel you shall boast versions of the hebrew text vulgate latin aquila and nations to his face as dust…
OrigenesPG 16:1849…shall take them away and you shall exult in the lord and in the holy one of israel you shall be praised lxx interpreters for the princes conversely as dust otherwise into earth as stubble cast…
18Isa 41:18
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:381…and evangelical teaching vers but i will open rivers upon the mountains and fountains in the midst of the plains i will make the desert into pools of water and the thirsty land into watercourses i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:671B…orth the things concerning the Church in agreement with Isaiah. For he also says: “I will make the desert into pools, and the thirsty land into aqueducts” (Isa. 41:18). “And He caused the hungry to dwell th…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:839…follows c h verse but i will open rivers on the mountains and fountains in the midst of the plains i will turn the desert into marshes and the thirsty land into watercourses i will set…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:355…shall not forsake them but i will open rivers upon the mountains and fountains in the midst of the plains and the thirsty land into aqueducts a thus we are in these things but if they…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:101B…od. XX, 3) and, "Behold, I do new things, which shall now arise," (Isa. XLIII, 19) and, "I will open fountains upon the mountains, and rivers upon the hills." (Isa. XLI, 18) And in the entirety of the divine Scri…
19Isa 41:19
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:909…and the glory of libanus shall come to thee in the cypress and the pine and the box tree together to beautify the place of my sanctuary and i will glorify the place of my feet…
20Isa 41:20
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:381…benefit he prophesies that such a change will occur in it vers that they may see and know and consider and understand together that the hand of the lord has done these things and the holy…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:839…the box tree and the myrtle and the cypress and the poplar that they may see and know and consider and understand together that the hand of the lord has done all these things and the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1331…but because the name of the lord had become holy among them and the holy one of israel glorious and the lord is not one and the holy one of israel another in return but the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1531…but because the name of the lord has become holy among them and the holy one of israel is glorified but the lord is not one and the holy one of israel another but the lord…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:635…a stone until thy people pass through o lord d in isaiah that they may see and know and consider and understand together that the hand of the lord has done this and the holy one…
Gelasius of Cyzicus d. c. 450PG 85:1285…people he adds saying that they may see and understand and know together that the hand of the lord has made all these things and the holy one of israel has manifested them calling the holy…
23Isa 41:23
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:263…the greek books recognize the sibyl as she declares one god and the things that are to come and take hystaspes and read and you will find the son of god written of much more clearly…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:493…himself but what things soever he shall hear he shall speak and the things that are to come he shall shew you he shall glorify me because he shall receive of mine and shall shew it…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:423…knowledge and the spirit s a and he will declare to you the things that are to come he raises up their minds for the human race is greedy for nothing so much as to learn…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:443…things for this reason he added and he shall announce to you the things that are to come saying as it were this shall be a sign to you that the spirit is entirely of my…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1635C…nd of those to whom God grants it. Hence the prophet addresses the demons thus: "Tell us the things that are to come, and we shall know that you are gods" (Isa. xli, 23). I say, therefore, that since he was m…
Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:443…of the prophets who sent his angel to show unto his servants the things that are to come to pass through the mediation of the blessed john who saw the vision it is evident that in…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:213…whatever he hears he will speak and he will declare to you the things that are to come he will glorify me for he will take what is mine and declare it to you all that…
25Isa 41:25
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1531…and reports and swift news shall trouble him from the east and from the north and he shall come in great fury to strike with anathema and to destroy many this does not befit antiochus either…
OrigenesPG 16:2893…fortresses and rumors and haste shall trouble him from the east and from the north and he shall come with great fury to destroy and to devote many to destruction b and he shall pitch his…
26Isa 41:26
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:383…in abomination d vers for who will announce to us the things from the beginning that we may know and the former things and we will say that they are true…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:847…the inanimate gods for who among them he says will announce things from the beginning that we may know or things from before that upon the fulfillment of what was spoken we may assent and prove…