Where the Fathers quote Isaiah 48
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1Isa 48:1
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1639…the altar of delius delphus discovered augury demenetus the phocensian prophet many are called by the name of demetrius demetrius contrary to established laws wished to initiate everyone into the mysteries at once demetrius writer of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:185…published editions of theodoret read aq then he began to be called by the name of the lord all the mss of the chains possess the version from the hebrew under the name of eusebius of…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:231…the land of egypt speaking with the language of canaan and swearing by the name of the lord of sabaoth the city of asedek shall one city be called if five cities are spoken of in…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:423…chapter xlviii h vers hear these things o house of jacob who are called by the name of israel and are come out of judah you who swear by the name of the lord god of…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:1131…of god nor power nor life nor anything else of those things which are called by the name of good for all these things are believed to be the things of the father in him things…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:467…shall five cities in egypt speak the language of canaan and shall swear by the name of the lord the city of asedec shall be called one city c one might marvel and very reasonably so…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:469…to speak the chanaanite tongue they will also learn he says to swear by the name of the lord and this is also a marvelous thing for it is customary for those who worship vain things…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1011…h cap xlviii vers hear these things o house of jacob who are called by the name of israel and who have come forth from judah who swear by the name of the lord god of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1013…hence he says hear these things o house of jacob you who are called by the name of israel and who have come forth from judah very aptly does he make mention of the nobility of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1015…them he puts them to shame therefore by saying that while they are called by the name of israel and have come forth from judah that is have sprung from the seed of judah they are…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:525…will silence the masters of the house so that they may not swear by the name of the lord and they add that the minds of those from ephraim had slipped into such extreme godlessness that…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:329…upon the name of the lord that is he invoked the land by the name of the lord since from then on it was the inheritance of god for it had been said to him in…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2057…language but may learn to speak the oracles of god and to swear by the name of the lord of hosts which he says further on thence the oracles among them fall silent and all sorcery…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2447…chapter xlviii h c vers hear this o house of jacob who are called by the name of israel and have come forth from the waters of judah who swear by the name of the lord…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1345…also all the other commandments of the lord that you may neither swear by the name of the lord at all nor despise any other of the commandments but i say this not as if i…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:671…will pass by before you with my glory and i will call by the name of the lord before you being the lord what lord does he call upon you see how he covertly taught the…
2Isa 48:2
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:423…it with truth nor with righteousness and who cleave to the name of the holy city and stay yourselves upon the god of israel the lord of sabaoth is his name after the word has foreannounced…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1013…holding fast to the name of the holy city and relying on the god of israel the lord of sabaoth is his name former things i have already announced and they have come forth from my…
3Isa 48:3
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1015…have already announced they went forth from my mouth and were heard i did them suddenly and they came to pass for because as i said from the beginning manasseh the enemy of god having gathered…
4Isa 48:4
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:423…them and they came to pass i know that thou art stubborn and thy neck is an iron sinew and thy brow is brass and i have declared to thee the old things before they should…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:395…nze and iron signify the same rigid and inflexible character, hear what He says to a certain insolent person: "Your neck is iron, and your forehead is bronze" (Isa. 48:4). He said this, not because he had an i…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:91A…ng, that thou mightest not say, The idols have made these things for me, and my graven and molten images have made them for me. Thou didst not know, nor heard (Is. xlviii, 4, 5, 8). Therefore, since, as I was say…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:831A…ays. What is this, like bronze and iron? It signifies their persistence and fixed will in sinning, and likewise in another place: Your forehead is bronze (Isa. xlviii, 4); not implying wickedness in the nature…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1301…israel being such he reproved saying i know that thou art stubborn and thy neck is an iron sinew and thy brow is brass therefore a tractable compliant and yielding disposition makes the rest on the…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:413…hence god says to the israelites i know that thou art stubborn and thy neck is an iron sinew and thy forehead is of brass he names jacob the supplanter for the christian people triumph through…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2597…heart of pharaoh was hardened thus god spoke to israel i know that thou art obstinate and thy neck is an iron sinew and thy brow is brass c he wills however that now we should…
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1169…a i know that thou art stubborn and thy neck is an iron sinew and thou hast stood up contentiously only to think and to speak the immediate notions of the…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:643…to the hebrews for isaiah says i know that thou art hard and thy neck is an iron sinew that is inflexible and thy brow is brass that is impudent and daniel evils have come upon…
10Isa 48:10
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…that the prophets were his witnesses through whom the lord speaks saying behold i have refined thee but not as silver i have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction for mine own name's sake will…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:313C…ven him true consolation." Isa. LVII, 17, 18. "Behold, I have sold you, not for silver; but I have plucked you out of the furnace of poverty for my sake." Isa. XLVIII, 10. "Be instructed, O Jerusalem, by pain…
11Isa 48:11
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…own name's sake will i do it that i be not blasphemed and i will not give my glory unto another hearken unto me o jacob and israel whom i call i myself i am the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:425…sake i will do this for you because my name is profaned and i will not give my glory to another it was not for money that i sold you but i did these things for…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:43B…" as the blessed Daniel says, "honor and the kingdom" (Dan. 7:14). For either God and Father will be lying when He says: "My glory I will not give to another" (Isa. 48:11); or if He is truthful, and has given H…
12Isa 48:12
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…be not blasphemed and i will not give my glory unto another hearken unto me o jacob and israel whom i call i myself i am the first and i am the last mine hand also…
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1695…. I am God the first. Feuard. has noted in vain that the LXX sounds differently: 'Εγώ εἰμι πρῶτος, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. For this passage of Isaiah XLVIII, 12, is not alleged by Irenaeus, but another [passage] from the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:825D…e prophet Isaiah, the herald of piety: "Hear me, he says, Jacob and Israel, whom I call; I am God first, and I am after these, and besides me there is no God" (Is. 48:12). Pay attention. For the inquiry rests…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:93…ophet Isaiah saying: 'Hear me, Israel, whom I call.'" And he interprets the whole passage of the place, up to, "And now the Lord hath sent me, and his Spirit" (Isa. XLVIII, 12); he insists that the Father says these…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:107B…, 21. — « Ego Deus, et non est alius absque me. Justus, et salvator non est præter me. Convertimini ad me, et salvi eritis, qui ab extremis terræ estis. » Isa. xlviii, 12. — « Audite me, qui perdidistis cor, qu…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:909B…s through the voice of the prophet Isaiah: "Hearken to me, O Jacob and Israel, whom I call: I am God first and I am hereafter, and besides me there is no God" (Isa. xlviii, 12). "I founded the earth with my hand, an…
13Isa 48:13
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:479…call i myself i am the first and i am the last mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth and my right hand hath spanned the heavens i will call them and they…
Pope Soter r. c. 166-174PG 5:1135…i am the first and i am forever my hand hath founded the earth and my right hand hath established the heaven and in jeremiah i have made the earth in my great power and in…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1229…am the first and i am forever and my hand has founded the earth and my right hand hath established…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:613…saying a and thou lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the works of thy hands are the heavens they shall perish but thou shalt remain and they…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:933…first and i am to the ages and my hand hath founded the earth and my right hand hath established the heaven and after he runs through the d operations brought forth at various times he…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:631…from another hymn matters that are appropriate you lord in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of your hands and all that follows up until you are the…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:749C…to reason, but let him look to the prophets and to the apostles. For the prophet says from the person of the Father that, My hand has made all these things (Isa. XLVIII, 13), by “hand” signifying in a riddle the…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:513…you lord remain for ever and again in the beginning you lord laid the foundation of the earth and the works of your hands are the heavens they shall perish but you remain and all shall…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:825D…he Creator speaks—"And my Spirit has established the heavens. I have commanded all the stars; I have raised a king with justice, and all my ways are straight" (Is. 48:13, 15). Having called Himself the Creator…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:29…the article and again he says thou lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thine hands they shall perish but thou remainest and they all…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:253…the article then he adds and you o lord in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth and the works of your hands are the heavens for lest perhaps hearing when he brings the first…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:983…creator and parent of all things in the beginning o lord you laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of your hands they will perish but you remain and they will…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:739…verse th instance from the psalter thou lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thine hands they shall perish but thou remainest and they all…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:687…which proclaims his divine nature vers and you lord in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of your hands they will perish but you remain and all will…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2461…that the following belongs to the same person my hand hath founded the earth and my right hand hath established the heaven and the words now the lord hath sent me and his spirit which indicates…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:369…they twist that saying of david you o lord in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of your hands they will perish but you will remain ps ci…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:933…receive the spirit by measure and thou lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thine hands he again reverts to the divinity of the only…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:909B…I am God first and I am hereafter, and besides me there is no God" (Isa. xlviii, 12). "I founded the earth with my hand, and my Spirit established the heaven" (Isa. xlviii, 13). See how He creates through the Son an…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:909B…the earth with my hand, and my Spirit established the heaven" (Isa. xlviii, 13). See how He creates through the Son and the Spirit. "I directed all the stars" (Isa. xlviii, 13). Having spoken these things through th…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:107…look you blind for he adds and you lord in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of your hands they will perish but you remain and they will…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:287…of gladness more than your companions and you lord in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of your hands they will perish but you remain and they will…
Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1165…luc xxi and again the psalm says you lord in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of your hands they shall perish but you shall remain and all…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1217…in this matter speaking thus thou o lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of thy hands for he has comprised by the naming of the…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:873…beautiful hear david the prophet saying thou lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the works of thy hands are the heavens they shall perish but thou remainest ps ci but…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:687…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 the heaven (Isa. XLVIII, 13). It must be understood how, again, the…
14Isa 48:14
OrigenesPG 16:1887…also i am the last heavens i who among them announced this the lord hath loved him he shall do his will as his bowels vulgate latin and from the waters of judah for i knew…
16Isa 48:16
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:129B…le, where Christ confesses that He was sent not by the Father alone, but also by the Holy Spirit (for He says: "And now the Lord hath sent me, and His Spirit" [Isa. XLVIII, 16]); and in the Gospel, where He promises…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1195…made his way prosperous draw near to me and hear these things i have not spoken in secret from the beginning when they were done and now the lord has sent me and his spirit and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1093D…:5). And the Lord: Wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of them (Matt. 18:20). And: The Lord has sent me, and His Spirit (Isa. 48:16). Attend to yourselves and the whole fl…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:825D…in a dark place"; having said that "I founded the earth, and I made the heaven; when they were made, I was there; and now the Lord has sent me and His Spirit" (Is. 48:16). He who made the heaven and the earth,…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:771…he Son sent prophets, and the Holy Spirit also sent them, as the least of the prophets, Isaiah, says: And now the Lord, the Lord has sent me, and his Spirit (Isa. 48:16). By the Son the apostles were sent: B…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1419…b ii a narrative of the benefits conferred by god upon man from the beginning from the time that god created this all harmonious world he has flooded our nature with manifold benefits first indeed he…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2431…to be inhabited i am the lord and there is no other i have not spoken in secret nor in a dark place of the earth etc these things are brought in order after those for…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:909C…ondite words! Or rather, a sense not immediately apparent, but which, when explained, is easy to understand. "And now the Lord has sent me and his Spirit" (Isa. xlviii, 16). Therefore the Spirit, just like the S…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:417…II, p. 180) that any of the three persons can be sent by another, indeed that the Father Himself is said to be sent by the Son and the Holy Spirit in Isaiah XLVIII, 16, by those words: "And now the Lord (God) has sent me and Hi…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:419…rguments which seem to prove that a divine person cannot be sent except by Him from whom He eternally proceeds, and opposed to these the fact that in Isaiah XLVIII, 16, the Son is said to be sent by the Holy Spirit, he teaches…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:875…be subjected to the father in a divine manner he was subjected from the beginning from the time that he was god but if he was not subjected but will be subjected later it will be…
OrigenesPG 16:411…not build it in his desire he shall not escape vulgata latina from the beginning from the time that man was set upon the earth that the praise of the wicked is short et gaudium hypocrit…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:693…son is subjected to the father divinely he would have been subjected from the beginning from the time that he was also god but if he was not subjected but will be subjected later it is…
17Isa 48:17
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1231…that thou mayest be for salvation unto the end of the earth thus saith the lord thy redeemer the god of israel sanctify him who makes his soul of little account whom the nations d abhor…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:427…a his spirit thus says the lord who redeems you the holy one of israel i am your god i have shown you how to find the way in which you shall walk and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1027…and his spirit vers thus says the lord who has delivered you the holy one of israel i am your god i have shown you so that you might find the way in which you should…
18Isa 48:18
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:427…my commandments your peace would have been as a river and your righteousness as the waves of the sea and your seed would have been as the sand and the offspring of your belly as the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1027…my commandments your peace would have been as a river and your righteousness as the waves of the sea and your seed would have been as the sand and the offspring of your womb as the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1029…my commandments your peace would have been as a river and your righteousness as the waves of the sea c and what he wishes to signify is of this sort they say that mountain torrents when…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1423A…d, and they did not listen to Him; so they shall cry out, and I will not listen to them, says the Lord." "The seed of the disobedient turned into destruction." Isa. xlviii, 18. — "If you had listened to my commandme…
19Isa 48:19
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:427…righteousness as the waves of the sea and your seed would have been as the sand and the offspring of your belly as the dust of the earth even now you shall not be utterly destroyed…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1027…righteousness as the waves of the sea and your seed would have been as the sand and the offspring of your womb as the dust of the earth nor even now shall you be cut off…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1029…if perpetually encroaching upon the land d and your seed would have been as the sand and the offspring of your womb as the dust of the earth it is as if he were saying with…
20Isa 48:20
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:691…of a unicorn d with them he shall push the nations together even to the end of the earth for one could not say or demonstrate that the horns of a unicorn belong to any other…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:693…horns and the saying with these he shall push the nations together even to the end of the earth is a demonstration of the matter which has now come to pass among all nations for they…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:881…my witnesses both in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and even to the end of the earth c they had indeed done what was commanded in judea and jerusalem but since a prophet does…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:523…land god is with us know o nations and be defeated listen even to the end of the earth for clearly these things preserve their meaning in no other way than through figure change and turning…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:541…expressly concerning the disciples of christ for now they shall be magnified even to the end of the earth and this shall be peace in harmony with this is the oracle in the psalms speaking concerning…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:143…god is with us know o nations and be vanquished and hear even to the end of the earth you who were strong be vanquished for if again you are strong you shall again be vanquished…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:427…from babylon fleeing from the chaldeans announce with a voice of gladness even to the end of the earth say the lord has redeemed his servant jacob inasmuch as from this point i promise not to…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1037…witnesses unto me in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and even to the end of the earth acts if therefore these were established in the extremities of the earth by the testimony of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:787…witnesses unto me in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and even to the end of the earth do not measure the text of the words but the power of the authority he said here…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:795…be my witnesses in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and even to the end of the earth and what that power was he had intimated a little before saying heal the infirm cleanse the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:27…be my witnesses in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and to the end of the earth then so that they would not ask him again he was immediately taken up just as therefore he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1031…proclaim a voice of gladness and let this be heard proclaim it to the end of the earth say the lord has redeemed his servant jacob and if they thirst he will lead them through the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1377…says to the nations for behold the lord has made it heard to the end of the earth and what then is this standard that is heard and which he said must be lifted up to…
Gregentius of Taphar traditional dates c. 502-552PG 86:681…eternity until the consummation for this indicates that he shall be magnified even to the end of the earth herb and if this is so for what reason did the prophet not say that from you…
Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:51…be my witnesses in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and to the end of the earth since before this he had commanded do not go into the way of the gentiles etc implying that…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:431…scatter you among all the nations from the end of the earth even to the end of the earth moreover even among those nations he will not grant you rest nor shall there be a place…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:515…my witnesses both in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and to the end of the earth since he had previously said b do not go into the way of the gentiles and do not…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:851…be my witnesses in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and even to the end of the earth end of pascha and when he had said these things while they were looking he was lifted…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1259…witnesses to me in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and even to the end of the earth which was spoken in the plural to all and the command go into all the nations and…
OrigenesPG 16:1635…made wild grapes judge or what now and thorns of armies iniquity even to the end of the place will you dwell alone in the midst of the earth a jar woe to you that rise…
21Isa 48:21
Macarius Chrysokephalos c. 1300–1382PG 150:213A…alvation for those who believe. Proclaiming this, Isaiah cried out: "The rock shall be cloven, and water shall flow, and My people shall drink," says the Lord (Isa. xlviii, 21). Therefore, Christ is both the rock an…
22Isa 48:22
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1475A…e hundred with the knuckle of the thumb. Juvenal, Sat. X, v. 245: ... Atque suos jam dextera computat annos. Pag. 83. Non est enim gaudere. The passage is Isa. XLVIII, 22, in the LXX: Ouk esti chairein, legei…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:559A…ophet, says: I have begotten and exalted sons; they, however, have spurned me (Isa. I, 2); and again: There is no rejoicing for the impious, says the Lord (Isa. XLVIII, 22). Does what has been said suffice…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:913…who prophesy concerning jerusalem and see visions of peace for her and there is no peace saith the lord adonai all things he says shall become naught both the daubing and the wall and the prophets…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1155…all." (Isa. xxx, 14): "Trembling shall take hold of the impious." (Isa. xxvi, 10): "Let the impious be taken away, that he may not see the glory of the Lord." (Isa. xlviii, 22): "There is no joy for the impious, sai…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1567A…them or to converse. "Let them alone," the Lord said, "they are blind" (Matth. xv, 14). And the Prophet says: "There is no joy for the impious, says the Lord" (Isa. XLVIII, 22). For besides the fact that we would ga…