Where the Fathers quote Jonah 4

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Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:631…the lord and said thus o lord were not these my words when i was yet in my own land therefore i made haste to flee to tharsis because i knew that thou art a merciful… Otto Fridolin Fritzsche 1812-1896PG 66:97D…ding him into the crime of a lie; the passage, I say, does not here depart much from that of Theodore in his genuine commentary on Jonas, which we have edited (Jon. iv, 2), that from this it would result for h… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:223…garments and turn unto the lord your god for he is gracious and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and repenteth him of the evil but since these things are so come let us… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:103…life as often as we perform works worthy of life b but it is better for me to fall into your hands without the deed than to sin in the sight of the lord in the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:187…fought let us stand against them for the sake of our brothers for it is better for me to die than that some of my brothers should be seized and plundered and that through the shrewd… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:279…grace which god as a most loving father maintains and cares for for it is better for me to be with christ and that i should like a member at some time follow my most divine… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1181…it shall be he says that everyone who finds me will kill me for it is better for me to die than to live tormented in misery to whom the lord says not so for i… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1589…the commandment which is our boasting let us remember the apostle saying it is better for me to die than that anyone should empty my boast and elsewhere more fully who shall separate us from the… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:1235…reason did i have this admonition that it might be done unto me for it is better for me to die than that my boasting should be made void and the reward of the gospel i… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 38:217…will reveal the end of encouraging hope if it does not arrive it is better for me to die theotokos i hear and indeed not unknowingly that on the third day his most holy body shall… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 38:241…alas would that i might die with you my son it were better for me to die than to see you dead how shall i receive consolation from one who is silent and has closed his… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:577C…ing from that [despondency], took refuge in the latter, and he too asks for death, saying: "Take my soul from me, for it is better for me to die than to live" (Jon. 4.3). And David also, whether speaking in h… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:619…spirit succumbed while he was distressed over the gourd and he said it is better for me to die than to live jon to whom the all wise god drew near comforting him and saying are… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:625…by his hand hearing this hezekiah wanted to kill his son saying for it is better for me to die without a son than to leave behind such a son who would both infuriate god and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:181…case and see with what force he denies and parries the matter for it is better for me to die than that anyone should make void my glory and not once nor twice but he has… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:519…but since he was addressing the corinthians where he preferred to hunger for it is better for me to die he says than that anyone should make my glory void for this reason he tempers his… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:559…i have not written that it might be so in my case for it is better for me to die than that any should make my glorying void cor and here again i have kept myself… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:287…are with me acts and again writing to the corinthians he said for it is better for me to die than that anyone make my glory void to be voided and to fall to nothing how… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:607…great mercy and repenting over evils and now lord c master take my life from me for it is good for me to die rather than to live for as a prophet he was not ignorant… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:631…repenting of the evils and now o lord master take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live xxiv after god had bestowed mercy upon those who had warded… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:847…jonah also did and now o lord he says take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live d the most wise paul also writes that it is better… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1541…sorrowful even unto death while the other cries out take my soul for it is better for me to die than to live and the great herald of the truth says and we ourselves having the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1737…to life now i ask the opposite ' master take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live i prefer death to living with shame a for i am… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1739…and he fainted and desired his soul to die and said it is better for me to die than to live a again the prophet returned to a greater pusillanimity and grief and was brought… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:297…have not written these things that it may be so done in me for it is better for me to die than that any man should make my boast void he calls preaching for free and… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:711…it and jonah was greatly grieved and said 'now o lord take my life from me for it is better for me to die than to live ' and again 'and the lord god commanded a… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1395…says arise come forth from my confines quickly go thy way then for it is better for me to weep bitterly for the loss of one than for all those whom i once greedily devoured but… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1325…die and said o lord god it is enough take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live for i am no better than my fathers iii kings xix… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:21C…ake me up, and throw me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm, for I have known that this storm is on my account." Jon. II, 2. — "I cried in my tribulation." Jon. IV, 3. — "Master Lord, take my soul from me,… John of Nicaea fl. 9th c.PG 96:1469…says if i in all of israel am childless and a reproach it is better for me to die consumed by hunger and thirst than that another shimei should painfully cast reproaches upon david vii why… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:581…the children who were to be put to death wept and said it is better for me to die for the salvation of innocent children rather than to choose a cruel and inhuman life from such… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:763…written these things so that it may be done in my case for it is better for me to die than that someone should render my boasting void for if i preach the gospel i have… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1058…neither the delights of the world nor the kingdoms of this age it is better for me to die in christ jesus than to reign over the ends of the earth for what does it profit… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1279…of the world will profit me nor the kingdoms of this age it is better for me to die in christ jesus than to reign to the ends of the earth for what does it profit… Bartholomew the Younger of Grottaferrata c. 980 - c. 1055PG 120:47…cave as if to a prison enduring patiently and saying to himself it is better for me to die than that anyone should empty my boast b often while he was praying and chanting his thoughts… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:671…be so done in my case that is that i may receive for it is better for me to die than that any man should make my glorying void i would prefer he says to perish… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:825…old such things. For the saints, being embittered in their souls, desire their departure, as did Jonah: "And now, take, I pray thee, my life from me" (Jonah IV, 3). One might say that this very injustice is weariness and p… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:953…to deserve them vers and now o lord god take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live before he says when i was swallowed by the whale i… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:957…a he said it is better for me to die than to live he calls the caterpillar a morning worm because it derives the beginning of its… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:267…from virtue and i wept unto the lord it is more profitable for me to die than to live for i have heard false reproaches c at that time sarah the daughter of raguel was also… John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:361…to you as you have advised as a father i will do for it is better for me to endure whatever hardship may follow by obeying you than to follow my own calculations however curious and… Ignatius of AntiochPG 5:691…in the pleasures of the world nor the kingdoms of this age it is better for me to die for jesus christ than to reign over the ends of the earth for what does it profit… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:341…and deceiver whence he adds and now master lord take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live by this he says that death is more to be chosen… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:343…is meant by and he cursed his soul he said to god it is better for me to die than to live saying something of this sort i thought i had a certain comfort from the… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:143…not delay to add me also to those who have departed c for it is better for me to be buried in the same tomb than to enjoy this fleeting ray of light without him for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:577…was a stranger to the world went out of the city he went out of the city and sat upon a dunghill he went out of the city having not a worldly struggle but one surpassing… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:633…and the lord said to jonas are you very grieved and jonas went out of the city and sat opposite the city and he made for himself a tabernacle there and sat under it in the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1737…empty grief and shows the reasonableness of his own judgment ' jonas went out of the city and sat opposite it and made himself a booth and was sitting under it until he should see what… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1213…Hyperides, IV, 881. The Hyrcanians and Caspians threw their dead to dogs, IV, 936. Hysterologia in the book of Judges, I, 543. Other ⟦examples⟧, 484. Jon. IV, 5, II, 1471. I Sam. extr. in Additam., V, 1205. I a, (⟦ἰ… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:955…a and most wisely producing the gourd vers and jonah went out of the city and sat over against the city and made him there a booth and sat under it until he… OrigenesPG 16:2703…the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain which was on the east side of the city and the spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the spirit of god… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:633…commanded a gourd and it rose up over the head of jonas that it might be a shadow over his head to shade him from his ills and jonas rejoiced over the gourd with great joy… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:955…god commanded the gourd and it came up over the head of jonah that it might be a shadow over his head to shade him from his afflictions and jonah rejoiced over the gourd with great… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:619B…t out of our catalogue. Afterwards, while the gourd was shading him, God commanded a worm in the morning; and it struck the gourd, and it withered immediately (Jon. 4.7). Behold, O Jew, and do not be incredul… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:571B…aks to the unworthy. "The Lord commanded the whale" (Jon. 2:1). Did He emit a voice, or did He bring forth a certain command? "God commanded the morning worm" (Jon. 4:7). Thus, if by a certain figure it is sa… Charles du Fresne Du Cange 1610-1688PG 131:1215…e, as can be seen in Exod. xxv, 4; xxxv, 35; xxxix, 3; Leviticus xiv, 4 and 6. Then, besides, Job xxv, 6; Isa. i, 13; xiv, 11; xli, 14; Thren. iv, 5; Jonah iv, 7; Nahum ii, 3.… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:103…life as often as we perform works worthy of life b but it is better for me to fall into your hands without the deed than to sin in the sight of the lord in the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:187…let us stand against them for the sake of our brothers for it is better for me to die than that some of my brothers should be seized and plundered and that through the shrewd deceptions… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1181…be he says that everyone who finds me will kill me for it is better for me to die than to live tormented in misery to whom the lord says not so for i have set… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1589…the commandment which is our boasting let us remember the apostle saying it is better for me to die than that anyone should empty my boast and elsewhere more fully who shall separate us from the… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:1235…i have this admonition that it might be done unto me for it is better for me to die than that my boasting should be made void and the reward of the gospel i have preached… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 38:217…will reveal the end of encouraging hope if it does not arrive it is better for me to die theotokos i hear and indeed not unknowingly that on the third day his most holy body shall… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 38:241…alas would that i might die with you my son it were better for me to die than to see you dead how shall i receive consolation from one who is silent and has closed his… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:577…he too asks for death saying take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live jon and david also whether speaking in his own person or writing a psalm… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:619B…ng dried up, Jonah was angry and wept, and his spirit succumbed while he was distressed over the gourd; and he said, “It is better for me to die than to live” (Jon. 4.8). To whom the all-wise God drew near, c… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:625…his hand hearing this hezekiah wanted to kill his son saying for it is better for me to die without a son than to leave behind such a son who would both infuriate god and persecute… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:181…and see with what force he denies and parries the matter for it is better for me to die than that anyone should make void my glory and not once nor twice but he has used… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:519…since he was addressing the corinthians where he preferred to hunger for it is better for me to die he says than that anyone should make my glory void for this reason he tempers his exhortation… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:559…have not written that it might be so in my case for it is better for me to die than that any should make my glorying void cor and here again i have kept myself without… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:287…with me acts and again writing to the corinthians he said for it is better for me to die than that anyone make my glory void to be voided and to fall to nothing how namely… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:631…evils and now o lord master take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live xxiv after god had bestowed mercy upon those who had warded off the punishments… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:847…and now o lord he says take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live d the most wise paul also writes that it is better to be dissolved… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1541…even unto death while the other cries out take my soul for it is better for me to die than to live and the great herald of the truth says and we ourselves having the firstfruits… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1737…i ask the opposite ' master take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live i prefer death to living with shame a for i am ashamed and cover… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1739…and he fainted and desired his soul to die and said it is better for me to die than to live a again the prophet returned to a greater pusillanimity and… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:297…written these things that it may be so done in me for it is better for me to die than that any man should make my boast void he calls preaching for free and exceeding the… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:711…grieved and said 'now o lord take my life from me for it is better for me to die than to live ' and again 'and the lord god commanded a worm at dawn on the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1325…o lord god it is enough take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live for i am no better than my fathers iii kings xix ff o inverted… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:21…my tribulation jon iv master lord take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live isa xxvi lord in tribulation we have remembered you in small tribulation is your… John of Nicaea fl. 9th c.PG 96:1469…says if i in all of israel am childless and a reproach it is better for me to die consumed by hunger and thirst than that another shimei should painfully cast reproaches upon david vii why… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:581…mothers of the children who were to be put to death wept and said it is better for me to die for the salvation of innocent children rather than to choose a cruel and inhuman life… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:763…these things so that it may be done in my case for it is better for me to die than that someone should render my boasting void for if i preach the gospel i have nothing… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1058…neither the delights of the world nor the kingdoms of this age it is better for me to die in christ jesus than to reign over the ends of the earth for what does it profit… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1279…of the world will profit me nor the kingdoms of this age it is better for me to die in christ jesus than to reign to the ends of the earth for what does it profit… Bartholomew the Younger of Grottaferrata c. 980 - c. 1055PG 120:47…cave as if to a prison enduring patiently and saying to himself it is better for me to die than that anyone should empty my boast b often while he was praying and chanting his thoughts… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:671…so done in my case that is that i may receive for it is better for me to die than that any man should make my glorying void i would prefer he says to perish from… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:953…vers and now o lord god take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live before he says when i was swallowed by the whale i prayed that my… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:955…a commission was given by god a scorching wind from the east the sun beat upon the head of jonah insomuch that failing in strength and weary of life… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:957…a he said it is better for me to die than to live he calls the caterpillar a morning worm because it derives the beginning of… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:267…from virtue and i wept unto the lord it is more profitable for me to die than to live for i have heard false reproaches c at that time sarah the daughter of raguel was also… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:405…their mothers lamenting and having learned the cause of the lamentation he said it is better for me to suffer than to condemn so many infants to death wherefore at night the apostles stood before him… Ignatius of AntiochPG 5:691…in the pleasures of the world nor the kingdoms of this age it is better for me to die for jesus christ than to reign over the ends of the earth for what does it profit… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:341…he adds and now master lord take my soul from me for it is better for me to die than to live by this he says that death is more to be chosen than to live… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:343…is meant by and he cursed his soul he said to god it is better for me to die than to live saying something of this sort i thought i had a certain comfort from the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:635…vers and the lord said to jonah art thou very much grieved for the gourd and he said i am very much grieved even unto death xxviii behold again the god of all out of immense… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:957…each instance and the lord said to jonah art thou greatly grieved for the gourd and he said i am greatly grieved even unto death and the lord said thou hast had pity on the gourd… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:725…gourd for which you did not labor nor did you nourish it which came up in a night and perished in a night and shall i not spare nineveh the great city in which dwell more… Titus of Bostra fl. c. 350s-360s, d. c. 371PG 18:1247…up their defense cried out he said to his servant if you had pity on the gourd for which you did not labor which came up in a night and perished in a night should i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:725B…for which you have not labored, nor did you nourish it; and shall I not spare Nineveh, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve hundred thousand men?" (Jon. 4.10, 11). It is not simply for the sake of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:765B…rough the prophet, and to Jonah who refuses to preach to the Ninevites, He apologizes through the gourd: If you spared the gourd, shall I not spare Nineveh? (Jon. 4:10, 11). And you will find the Scriptures… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:919…as well for he said somewhere even to the divinely inspired jonah thou hast had pity on the gourd for which thou hast not labored nor didst thou make it to grow which in one night… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:957…said i am greatly grieved even unto death and the lord said thou hast had pity on the gourd for the which thou hast not laboured neither madest it grow which came up early in the… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:707…men that is one hundred and twenty thousand who do not know their right hand and their left hand for he who through c the lawful virtue in which he is confident has consigned to oblivion… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:957…early in the night and perished early in the night and shall not i spare nineveh that great city wherein dwell more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left…