1 Corinthians 10:4 (WEB)
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
Catechism · 3
The Liturgy - Work of the Holy Trinity
“Water from the rock was the figure of the spiritual gifts of Christ, and manna in the desert prefigured the Eucharist, "the true bread from heaven."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 6:32; cf. 1 Cor 10:1-6.
Sacred Scripture
“Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the Old Testament.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 5:6-8; 10:1-11.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Thus the Spirit is also personally the living water welling up from Christ crucified as its source and welling up in us to eternal life.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 4:10-14; 738; Ex 17:1-6; Isa 55:1; Zech 14:8; 1 Cor 10:4; Rev 21:6; 22:17.
Fathers and councils · 64
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.49Book IV
“For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. x. 3, 4.
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“Now, an opportunity is afforded us of understanding of what those things which happened to them were figures, when he adds: “And they drank of that spiritual Rock which followed them, and that Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
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“And he gives an opportunity for ascertaining of what things these were patterns, when he says: “For they drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
- Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.52Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“…of every creature; and as He hungered, so did He satisfy [others]; and as He thirsted, so did He of old cause the Jews to drink, for the “Rock was Christ” Himself: thus does Jesus now give to His believing people power to drink spiritual waters, which spring up to life eternal.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
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Jerome
“For he,according to the epistle of Jude, saved the people of Israel and led them forth out of Egypt, and brought them into the land of promise.” — editor's note: In Jude 5, instead of “the Lord,” A. B. read Jesus, and this is accepted by many ancient, authorities. Farrar observes (“Early Days of Christianity,” pop. ed.,…
Read the whole comment““Now the Rock is Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And Christ a Rock, and the stony heart of the Jews; also, Christ a Lion, and the devil a lion, and innumerable such like, shall be said to be lies.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4; Ezek. xxxvi. 26; Rev. v. 5; 1 Pet. v. 8
Read the whole comment“…I heard Ambrose, in his sermons to the people, oftentimes most diligently recommend this text as a rule,—“The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life;” whilst, drawing aside the mystic veil, he spiritually laid open that which, accepted according to the “letter,” seemed to teach perverse doctrines—teaching…” — editor's note: 2 Cor. iii. 6. The spiritual or allegorical meaning here referred to is one that Augustin constantly sought, as did many of the early Fathers, both Greek and…
Read the whole comment“Now “that Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“What resemblance has “the rock” to Christ?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“Hear Paul saying: “But the Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4. [Rhetorically he may say this of Cephas; but as of Peter’s confession elsewhere, so here, dogmatically he understands only Christ. Compare p. 223,…
Read the whole comment“And as in another Psalm is said, “The rock is a refuge for the hedgehogs and the hares:” but the Rock was Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment““For,” saith the Apostle, “they did drink of the Spiritual Rock following them, but the Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“But “the Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“In Christ our youth shall be restored like that of the eagle.…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“Let them be heard, who hear from the rock: let them be heard, because also in those many rocks the One Rock is heard: for “the Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“Now these things were our examples.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–6.
Read the whole comment“For that grace of the water that gushed from the rock (“now that rock was Christ”), was not given on the score of works that had gone before, but of His mercy “that justifieth the ungodly.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“But thou fearest, lest though dashed it die not; “Dash it against the Rock; and that Rock is Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“They have been swallowed up beside the Rock.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“…the bondage in which they in Egypt were oppressed, and of the punishment which avenged their sin on their journey, that these things befell them in a figure: what actions wilt thou find, from which thou mayest set aside that rule, and take upon thee to affirm that they are not to be reduced to some figure?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–11
Read the whole comment“Nor, again, as we call the Son a Rock (for it is written, “And that Rock was Christ”), can we so call the Spirit a dove or fire.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4
Read the whole comment“But they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world have come.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–11. (See R.R.)
Read the whole comment“And if Christ is the rock, as many Scripture testimonies proclaim that man builds in Christ who does what he hears from Him.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4. So Alford, who thinks this signification too plain to be overlooked.
Read the whole comment“Was not Christ the Rock?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“If similitudes ought not to be given for heavenly things from things earthly, how is it written, “Now the Rock was Christ”?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“…if water never flowed from the rock when Moses struck it, because therein Christ can be seen in a figure, as the same apostle says, “Now that rock was Christ!”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“For all typical things seem in some way to personate those whom they typify, as it is said by the apostle, “That Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4; Ex. xvii. 6.
Read the whole comment“He is called also a rock, from which water flowed forth: “And that rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“Let us not be slothful, nor be content with the surface; let us dig deeply until we come to the rock: “And that rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment““They drank,” saith he “of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“All these things, then, which were done in a figure, are made manifest to us.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4; Num. xx. 11.
Read the whole comment““For they drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them; and that Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“His words, however, are not expressed in this way: Now is prefigured the glorification of the Son of man; but expressly, “Now is the Son of man glorified:” just as it was not said, The Rock signified Christ; but, “That Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“For the Rock (Petra) was Christ; and on this foundation was Peter himself also built.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
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Tertullian
“…new law’s grace), after our circumcision with “a knife of rock” (that is, with Christ’s precepts, for Christ is in many ways and figures predicted as a rock); therefore the man who was being prepared to act as images of this sacrament was inaugurated under the figure of the Lord’s name, even so as to be named Jesus.” — editor's note: See especially 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“After the edible rain of the manna, after the watery following of the rock, they despair of the Lord in not enduring a three-days’ thirst; for this also is laid to their charge by the Lord as impatience.” — editor's note: i.e. the water which followed them, after being given forth by the smitten rock. See 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“…tread out the corn, not of cattle, but of ourselves; and also alleges that the rock which followed (the Israelites) and supplied them with drink was Christ; teaching the Galatians, moreover, that the two narratives of the sons of Abraham had an allegorical meaning in their course; and to the Ephesians giving an…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4; compare below, book v., chap. vii.
Read the whole comment“Now it would be idle, if we believed that God had predicted the humiliation, or even the glory, of any Christ at all, that He could have signed His prophecy for any but Him whom He had foretold under the figure of a stone, and a rock, and a mountain.” — editor's note: See Isa. viii. 14 and 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“For since “that rock was Christ,” it was, of course, the Creator’s, to whom also belonged the people.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(1 Cor. 10:4) Scripture often speaks of the things signifying, as if they were the things signified. (c. 3).” — the author cites it
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“He is called Peter on account of the firmness of his faith, in cleaving to that Rock, of which the Apostle speaks, And that Rock was Christ; (1 Cor. 10:4) which secures those who trust in it from the snares of the enemy, and dispenses streams of spiritual gifts.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But the rock was Christ, [1 Cor 10:4] whom because Simon thus confessed, as the whole Church confesses Him, he was named Peter.” — the author cites it
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“…dove none ever doubted that is was seen with the bodily eye; not that we say the Spirit is a dove as we say Christ is a Rock; (for “that Rock was Christ.) [1 Cor 10:4] For that Rock already existed as a creature, and from the resemblance of its operation was called by the name of Christ, (whom it figured;) not so…” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Rabanus MaurusCatena Aurea on Matthew
“The Greek or Latin ‘Petrus’ is the same as the Syriac Cephas, in both tongues the word is derived from a rock; undoubtedly that of which Paul speaks, “And that rock was Christ.” [1 Cor 10:4]” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“Nor can it be doubted that is the rock of which Paul spoke, “And this rock was Christ.” [1 Cor 10:4] For as Christ was the true light, and allowed also that the Apostles should be called the light of the world, [Matt 5:14] so also to Simon, who believed on the rock Christ, He gave the name of Rock.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Moreover, that you may be sure that this is He who was seen of Moses, hear Paul’s testimony, when he says, For they all drank of a spiritual rock that followed them; and the rock was Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Now, according to the Apostle, the rock is Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“That we might acknowledge this as the handiwork of Christ, the Apostle said: “And that rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“…is to say, for every man, He was made sin, and a curse, that for me and in me was He humbled and made subject, that for me He is the Lamb, the Vine, the Rock, the Servant, the Son of an handmaid, knowing not the day of judgment, for my sake ignorant of the day and the hour.” — editor's note: S. John i. 29, 36; xv. 1; 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“He is not an immovable rock, “for they drank of a Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“…the sea, and were all baptized in Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spiritual drink.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“Now these things were done in a figure concerning us.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.5Conference VII
“…captivity every understanding unto the obedience of Christ, and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be first fulfilled.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4–6.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.8Conference XIV
“But the rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–4.
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Justin Martyr
“…which not even all the water of the sea were sufficient to purge; but, as might have been expected, this was that saving bath of the olden time which followed those who repented, and who no longer were purified by the blood of goats and of sheep, or by the ashes of an heifer, or by the offerings of fine flour, but…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4. Otto reads: which he mentioned and which was for those who repented.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Does not the Apostle say, ‘What communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial?’ and Solomon, that ‘the way of a serpent upon a rock ’ was ‘too wonderful’ for the human mind to comprehend, which ‘rock,’ according to St. Paul, is Christ.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For such men, being confirmed in the Lord, and possessing an unshaken disposition towards Him, and being one in spirit (for ‘he who is joined to the Spirit is one spirit’), are sure ‘as the mount Sion;’ and although ten thousand trials may rage against them, they are founded upon a rock, which is Christ.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxv. 1; 1 Cor. x. 4; Matt. vii. 25
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John Chrysostom
“It is being reproached in such ways as ye are, the reproach which Christ endured; Or that he endured for Christ’s sake: for “that rock was Christ” ( 1 Cor. x. 4 ); the being reproached as you are.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“As Paul saith, “They drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.” ( 1 Cor. x. 4.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And this the blessed Paul showed even from times of old, when he said, that “They did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spiritual drink:” and added, that they were not saved; “for they were overthrown in the wilderness.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 3, 4, 5.
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Basil the Great
“…that need, Scripture designates Him by innumerable other titles, calling Him Shepherd, King, Physician, Bridegroom, Way, Door, Fountain, Bread, Axe, and Rock.” — editor's note: e.g., 1 Cor. x. 4.
Read the whole comment“Typically, “That rock was Christ;” and the water a type of the living power of the word; as He says, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,” says the apostle, “that all were under the cloud, and partook of spiritual meat and drink;” clearly affirming that all who heard the word did not take in the magnitude of knowledge in deed and word.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1, 3, 4.
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Cross-references · 77
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Confessions VI.4 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 89.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 63.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
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Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.4.
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Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
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Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 13.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.5.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.16.
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Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 3:16 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 3:13–19 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 10:1–4 (2) (Catena Aurea).
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Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 10:1–4 (2) (Catena Aurea).
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Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 13:31–32 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
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Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
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Cited together in Bede on Mark 3:13–19 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
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Cited together in Bede on John 1:41–42 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on John 1:41–42 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
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Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 13:31–32 (Catena Aurea).
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Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.52.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.4.
Cited together in Confessions VI.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.16.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.49 and 1 other place.
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