1 Kings 19:12 (WEB)
After the earthquake a fire passed; but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.
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
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And the Lord [was] not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord [was] not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord [was] not in the fire; and after the fire a scarcely audible voice” (vox auræ tenuis).” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 11, 12.
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Jerome
“Therefore they could stand, as Elijah, in the crevice of the rock, they could pass through the needle’s eye, and behold the back parts of the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 11–13, cf. Exod. xxxiii. 21–23.
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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…
Read the whole comment“For even at that time the Lord said to Elias, “He was not in the fire, but in the still small voice.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 12.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“XIX. To Elias neither the strong wind, nor the fire, nor the earthquake, as you learn from the story, but a light breeze adumbrated the Presence of God, and not even this His Nature.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 11, 12. LXX. has a Sound of a Light breeze.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 15.