1 Kings 17:1 (WEB)
Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“For Elijah withal had, by this fact primarily, that he had imprecated a famine, already sufficiently devoted himself to fasts: “The Lord liveth,” he said, “before whom I am standing in His sight, if there shall be dew in these years, and rain-shower.”” — editor's note: See 1 Kings xvii. 1 (in LXX. 3 Kings ib.).
Read the whole comment“When the ravens had been wont to satisfy him with “bread and flesh,” why was it that afterwards, at Beersheba of Judea, that certain angel, after rousing him from sleep, offered him, beyond doubt, bread alone, and water?” — editor's note: See 1 Kings xvii. (in LXX. 3 Kings xvii.) 1–6.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Elijah spoke the word, and the rain ceased and fell not on the earth for three years and six months.” — editor's note: 1 [3] Kings xvii. 1.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Ofttimes in Israel famines and pestilences were caused by sin, and removed by the prayers of the Saints. [marg. note: 1 Ki 17:1, Jer 14, James 5:17-18]” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:6–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:6–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:6–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:6–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 24:6–8 (2) (Catena Aurea).