1 Kings 19:10 (WEB)
He said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
Catechism · 1
“Finally, taking the desert road that leads to the place where the living and true God reveals himself to his people, Elijah, like Moses before him, hides "in a cleft of he rock" until the mysterious presence of God has passed by.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Kings 19:1-14; cf. Ex 33:19-23.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“…not escape the charge of sinning in ignorance, and his father’s hand was raised against him, and the prayers of the people scarce availed to save him.Elijah after the preparation of a forty days fast saw God on Mount Horeb, and heard from Him the words, “What doest thou here, Elijah?”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 8–11.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“They slew Thy Prophets, and cast down Thine altars.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 10.
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Tertullian
“For Patience sits on the throne of that calmest and gentlest Spirit, who is not found in the roll of the whirlwind, nor in the leaden hue of the cloud, but is of soft serenity, open and simple, whom Elias saw at his third essay.” — editor's note: i.e., as Rigaltius (referred to by Oehler), explains, after the two visions of angels who appeared to him and said, “Arise and eat.” See 1 Kings xix. 4–13. [It…
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Augustine of Hippo
“Even there, when Elijah said, “O Lord, they have slain Thy prophets, they have digged down Thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life,” it was answered that seven thousand men were there who had not bowed the knee to Baal.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 10, 14, 15.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…Thee, have demolished Thine altars, and have slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I have remained solitary, and they seek my life, to take it away from me.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 10.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.3.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 15.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.3.
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Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.