Where the Fathers quote Isaiah 56
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1Isa 56:1
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:469…b h chapter lvi h vers thus says the lord keep judgement and do justice for my salvation is near to come and my mercy to be revealed blessed is the man that does these things…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1237…h tomus iii h cap lvi vers thus saith the lord keep judgment and do justice for my salvation is near…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2563…not fulfilled in one or several centuries h caput lvi h vers thus saith the lord keep ye judgment and do justice for my salvation is near to come and my justice to be revealed blessed…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1379A…t." Isa. XXVI, 9, 2. — "Learn justice, you who dwell on the earth; for the wicked has ceased. Open the gates, let the people who keep justice and truth enter." Isa. LVI, 1. — "Thus says the Lord: Keep judgment,…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1389B…eath, for she is its mother.” Zach. 7:9. “Judge righteous judgment. Do not oppress the widow, and the orphan, and the sojourner, and the poor.” Isa. 56:1. “Thus says the Lord: Keep justice…
2Isa 56:2
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1195B…re were need; not using possession with excessive affection, but with all thanksgiving and with a noble mind. CHAPTER XV 1 Cor. vii, 1; Luke xiv, 26; Isa. lvi, 2, 3, explained. And again, when he say…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2563…and my justice to be revealed blessed is the man that doth this and the son of man that shall hold fast to this that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it and keepeth his hands from…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1235A…oor, shall be blessed." Zach. ii, 8. — "He that touches you, touches as it were the apple of my eye." Isa. xxx, 18. — "Blessed are all they that wait for him." Isa. lvi, 2. — "Blessed is he that keeps his hands…
3Isa 56:3
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:775…ut understand the "wood of the forest," as being fruitless, to be the sinners, concerning whom Isaiah said: "Let not the eunuch say, I am a dry tree" (Isaiah 56:3), that is, fruitless. But even for them the advent of Chris…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1097…sensible fruit to whom god says through isaiah the prophet let not the eunuch say behold i am a dry tree for i will give to them in my house and within my walls a place…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:4137…of the fields esebon is interpreted as reasons esebon laments let not the eunuch say behold i am a withered tree the gospel is the word abbreviated upon the earth it differs from the old law…
4Isa 56:4
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:127…which isaiah says thus says the lord to the eunuchs whoever shall keep my sabbaths and choose the things that i desire and hold fast to my covenant i will give them in my house and…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:789…better than sons and daughters for not only to the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths and choose the things that i will but also to those who adhere to my covenant will i give the things…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1097C…a dry tree: for I will give to them in my house, and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters, I will give them an everlasting name [Isa. 56, 4, 5]. We say, however, that the willow b…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1895…dry tree ' because thus says the lord to the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths and choose the things i will i will give to them in my house and within my wall a place distinct…
5Isa 56:5
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:373…virgins i will give to them he says through isaiah in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters i will give them an everlasting name which shall…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:785…and hold fast to my covenant i will give them in my house and within my walls a place named better than sons and daughters i will give them an everlasting name and it shall not…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:791…what more he says have i to say concerning the mystical eunuchs i will give them an everlasting name which shall remain to them beyond the succession of children and shall not fail for here indeed…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1241…and holds fast to my covenant i will give them in my house and within my walls a notable place better than sons and daughters i will give them an everlasting name and it shall not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:339…is better than precious stones isaiah introduces god saying of the eunuchs i will give them an everlasting name that is better than of sons and of daughters therefore better is said not of just any…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1097…am a dry tree for i will give to them in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters i will give them an everlasting name isa we…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:447…a i will give them in my house and within my walls a place of renown and a better name than sons and daughters i will give them an everlasting name…
OrigenesPG 16:1927…vulgata latina and my justice saying separation for thus saith the lord a place and a name better than sons and daughters i will give to them a sempiternal name which shall not perish aquila for…
6Isa 56:6
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:711…alone but he who by his acts and life and morals makes the name of the lord to be blessed by all and in these men that which the third prophecy of balaam designates will be…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:471…the heavenly city of god vers and the strangers who are joined to the lord to serve him and to love the name of the lord to be his servants and handmaids and all who keep…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:707…poor from those who plunder them blessed is he who comes in the name of the lord to pour wine and oil upon him who fell among robbers and who was despised blessed is he who…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1245…new and evangelical one b and to the foreigners who have joined themselves to the lord to serve him and to love the name of the lord to be to him as menservants and maidservants and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:447…ethiopian illustrious on account of his piety and to the foreigners who join themselves to the lord to serve him and to love the name of the lord to be his menservants and maidservants and to…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1103…of praise not in palestine alone but everywhere in the world is the name of the lord to be praised by these words the prophet foretells the voice of the evangelical preaching that would reach the…
Matthew BlastaresPG 144:981…our piety within these houses but considering every holy house built in the name of the lord to be venerable and we accept the beneficence of the brethren toward the poor according to the traditions of…
7Isa 56:7
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1443B…e. And first, it must be said what that temple of God is, which God acknowledged when He said in the Prophet: "My house shall be called a house of prayer" (Isa. LVI, 7). According, therefore, to the circumci…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:471…that even eunuchs and the palsied are received there and i will make them joyful in my house of prayer their holocausts and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon my altar for my house shall be…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:747C…them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves (Matt. XXI, 12, 13; Isa. LVI, 7).... What? have ye not houses to eat ⟦D…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1245…covenant i will bring them into my holy mountain and i will make them joyful in my house of prayer their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon my altar for my house shall…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1247…have the god of all as placable and propitious he signified saying their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon my altar and this speech is taken as if from the example and type…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:447…them and hold fast to my covenant i will bring them into my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer their whole burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable upon my…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:691…bring them into my holy mountain and i will make them glad in my house of prayer their whole burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon my altar for my house shall be called…
10Isa 56:10
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:879C…s, but the Jews. For thus God calls them, because, by imitating their wickedness, they had acquired kinship with them. In like manner, He also calls them dogs (Isa. 56:10) and neighing horses (Jer. 5:8), not be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:101C…creatures, and at times also of beasts: at one time calling them dogs because of their shamelessness and boldness, saying, Dogs, mute, not being able to bark (Is. 56:10); at another horses because of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:201D…is under their lips" (Ps. 13.3, et 159.4); here it indicates those who imitate the craftiness and deceit of the beast. And again, it calls others "mute dogs" (Is. 56.10). And again, "as an asp deaf and stoppi…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:327B…ought to be called a man. Therefore, by the law of contraries, he who has cast off hope is not a man at all. LITTERA P. — On the Vague and Distracted. Isa. lvi, 10-13. — "See that all are blinded, and have…
11Isa 56:11
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1431D…dant, as appears from the Greek, but rather the word phronēsin should be substituted for "prudence": for to know "understanding" is a phrase of Scripture, as Isa. lvi, 11: Ouk eidotes synesin—Jerome: "not kno…