1 Kings 17:11 (WEB)
As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
Catechism · 1
“After Elijah had learned mercy during his retreat at the Wadi Cherith, he teaches the widow of Zarephath to believe in the Word of God and confirms her faith by his urgent prayer: God brings the widow's child back to life.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Kings 17:7-24.
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“He who had come to be fed then turned feeder, for, by a miracle, he filled the empty barrel.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xvii. 9–16.
Read the whole comment“Exuperius the reverend bishop of Toulouse, imitating the widow of Zarephath, feeds others though hungry himself.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xvii. 8–16.
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Leo the Great
“The holy widow of Sarepta discovered this, who offered the blessed Elias in the time of famine one day’s food, which was all she had, and putting the prophet’s hunger before her own needs, ungrudgingly gave up a handful of corn and a little oil.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Kings xvii. 11 and foll.
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Tertullian
“You have the third book of the Kings.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xvii. 7–16.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 42.