Where the Fathers quote Zech 6
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1Zech 6:1
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:87…i saw and behold four chariots coming out from the midst of two mountains and the mountains were mountains of bronze in the first chariot were red horses and in the second chariot were black horses…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:537…a h cap vi h vers and i turned and lifted up my eyes and i saw four chariots coming out from the midst of two mountains and the mountains…
2Zech 6:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:715D…the evangelists to follow him like horses, believing the prophet, namely Zechariah, who says: After him came white horses, and red, and spotted, and grizzled (Zech. VI, 2, 3). The white horse is Matthew, who de…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:87…the midst of two mountains and the mountains were mountains of bronze in the first chariot were red horses and in the second chariot were black horses and in the third chariot were white horses and…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:537…the midst of two mountains and the mountains were mountains of bronze in the first chariot were red horses and in the second chariot black horses and in the third chariot white horses and in the…
3Zech 6:3
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:87…the second chariot were black horses and in the third chariot were white horses and in the fourth chariot were dappled and spotted horses and i answered and said to the angel who was speaking in…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:537…first chariot were red horses and in the second chariot black horses and in the third chariot white horses and in the fourth chariot spotted b dappled horses and i answered and said to the angel…
4Zech 6:4
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:537…dappled horses and i answered and said to the angel who spoke with me what are these my lord and the angel who spoke with me answered and said to me these are the four winds…
5Zech 6:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:775…like wax at the presence of the lord at the presence of the lord of all the earth as hills are higher than the earth so too are prophets higher than other men and therefore they…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:611…the angel saying these are the two sons of richness that stand before the lord of all the earth he called the two sons of richness both that people from israel and indeed that from the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:75…and he said these are two sons of fatness who have stood before the lord of all the earth h xxviii on the sons of fatness h the mind of the saints is most desirous of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:77…also called the two sons of fatness he says that they stand before the lord of all the earth the act of standing in this place signifying familiarity and a ready will to obey and minister…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:87…these are the four winds of heaven which go forth to stand before the lord of all the earth b in which the black horses were they went forth into the land of the north and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:625…peoples who have received mercy whom he also called sons of oil standing before the lord of all the earth although the branches were observed around the lampstand he provides a most clear demonstration through this…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1903…these are the four winds of heaven which go forth to stand before the lord of all the earth by four winds he calls the four parts of the d inhabited world for most people also…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:477…fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men and the angel answered and said unto the women fear not ye for i know that ye seek jesus which was crucified he is…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:703…the angel how shall this be seeing i know not a man and the angel answered and said unto her the holy ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1125…thou shalt consecrate to the lord their multitude and their power to the lord of all the earth not to thy own strength he says oughtest thou to ascribe this success but to me the lord…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:531…and he said these are two sons of oil which stand by the lord of all the earth he asks what the two olive trees signify one of which was on the right side and the…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:537…these are the four winds of heaven which go out to stand before the lord of all the earth in which were the black horses going out to the north country and the white went out…
6Zech 6:6
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:89…with the second and says in which were black horses that went forth into the north country and the white followed after them and the dappled went forth toward the south country but although he adds…
7Zech 6:7
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1879…said to me these are they whom the lord has sent to walk to and fro through the earth and they answered the angel of the lord who stood between the mountains and said we have…
10Zech 6:10
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:91…those who have acknowledged it and you shall enter on that day into the house of josiah the son of zephaniah who has come from…
11Zech 6:11
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:93…babylon and you shall take silver and gold and make crowns and you shall place them upon the head of jesus the son of josedec the high priest…
12Zech 6:12
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1687…in Bibliographia antiquaria, p. 361. Ibid., no. 6, alēthinou phōtos. That is, of Christ, John 1:9, who is also called Anatolē (the Rising) in Zechariah 6:12, and Luke 1:78: "The Rising, the Savior, especially in Luke…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:685…is contrary to that east concerning which it is written in zechariah behold the man whose name is the east from the borders of that east therefore and not of this one balaam was coming illuminated…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:439…namely at the consummation of the ages with this also zechariah agrees saying behold the man whose name is oriens the rising and underneath him he shall rise and the same prophet also signifies the time…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:505A…eat day” (Joel II, 11). Since it is not the visible sun that illuminates that day, but the true light, the Sun of righteousness, who is termed “the Dayspring” (Zach. VI, 12) by the prophecy, because He is never o…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:477C…ame, and caused him who had set to rise. For this reason the prophet says concerning Him: Behold a man, Orient is his name, and from beneath him he shall rise (Zach. 6:12); that is, from the tombs. In Adam man…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:741C…a spiritual rising, but receiving a bodily form. Therefore the Scripture has noted Him most mystically: For behold, it says, a man, whose name is the Rising (Zech. 6:12); a rising as in spirit, but a man as i…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:845…the sun for the reason that it has been written about him behold the man whose name is the east oriens and again as god and father saying concerning him who raised up righteousness from the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:93…priest and you shall say to him thus saith the lord almighty behold the man whose name is the east and beneath him he shall spring up and shall build the house of the lord and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:97…upon the head of jesus it is said to him concerning zorobabel behold the man whose name is the orient and he shall sprout up from beneath him he sees jesus being crowned as a priest…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:995…also called the rising oriens for the prophet zechariah says concerning him behold the man whose name is the rising and under him he shall rise and zechariah the priest the father of john also says…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1227…indeed christ is accustomed to being called the orient in the prophets behold the man whose name is the orient and below him he shall rise and again to you that fear my name the sun…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:387…the sun of righteousness and healing is in his wings and again behold the man whose name is the branch question xxxvii why was the lord god angry with moses and aaron when they brought forth…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1783…sinners the same moses while he was a servant of a man behold the man whose name is the orient mitigated god s fury against his own people saying if you forgive them forgive etc but…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:583…like the great zerubbabel and joshua and the leaders of the families build the temple of the lord they said explicitly with a loud voice to the seductive spirits of pride vain glory sycophancy and hypocrisy…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:159…caused the one who set to rise again therefore the prophet says behold the man whose name is the rising you must also know this that the river which flows out of the paradise is divided…
Bessarion of Nicaea c. 1403-1472PG 161:629…and in zechariah he shall build the temple to the lord and shall build the temple of the lord that which is placed last and shall build the temple of the lord has been subtracted from…
13Zech 6:13
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1147…shall build the house of the lord and he himself shall receive glory and shall sit and rule upon his throne and the priest shall be at his right hand and the counsel of peace shall…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:93…and beneath him he shall spring up and shall build the house of the lord and he shall receive virtue and shall be seated and shall rule upon his throne and the priest shall be at…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:583…like the great zerubbabel and joshua and the leaders of the families build the temple of the lord they said explicitly with a loud voice to the seductive spirits of pride vain glory sycophancy and hypocrisy…
Bessarion of Nicaea c. 1403-1472PG 161:629…and in zechariah he shall build the temple to the lord and shall build the temple of the lord that which is placed last and shall build the temple of the lord has been subtracted from…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:539…he shall rise up beneath him and he shall build the house of the lord and he shall receive power and shall sit and rule upon his throne and the priest shall be at his right…
14Zech 6:14
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:383A…» Soph. iii, 8 — « Wait for me, saith the Lord, in the day of my resurrection for a testimony: because my judgment is to the congregations of the Gentiles. » Zach. vi, 14 — « It shall be a crown for them that w…
15Zech 6:15
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:447…upon them and they shall be spoils to those who served them and ye shall know that the lord almighty hath sent me the lord almighty himself in these words says that he has been sent…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:169…as they were many and i will sow them among the peoples and they that are far off shall remember me and they shall rear their children and they shall return lxxii he makes mention again…