1 Kings 19:21 (WEB)
He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, killed them, and boiled their meat with the oxen’s equipment, and gave to the people; and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.
Fathers and councils · 3
John Chrysostom
“For though they were in the midst of their work (and ye know how greedy a thing fishing is), when they heard His command, they delayed not, they procrastinated not, they said not, “let us return home, and converse with our kinsfolk,” but “they forsook all and followed,” even as Elisha did to Elijah.”” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 20, 21.
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Jerome
“Elisha used for sacrifice the oxen and the yokes which hitherto he had employed in his work.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 21.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And what are we to say of Elijah and Elisha?” — editor's note: 1 [3] Kings xix. 21.
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Cross-references · 11
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Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.