1 Samuel 10:1 (WEB)
Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, “Hasn’t the LORD anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
Catechism · 1
“This was the case for kings, for priests and, in rare instances, for prophets.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 29:7; Lev 8:12; 1 Sam 9:16; 10:1; 16:1, 12-13; I Kings 1:39; 19:16.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Cassian
“…of being edified by him, marvelled at his obedience of which they had heard; and so the older called him suddenly, and said, “Go up and take this cruse of oil” (which was the only one in the desert and which furnished a very scanty supply of the rich liquid for their own use and for that of strangers) “and throw it…” — editor's note: Lenticula; the word used for a cruse of oil in the Vulgate. 1 Sam. x. 1; 2 Kings ix. 1, 3.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And of all men, we Christians alone are those who in the third gate celebrate the mystery, and are anointed there with the unspeakable chrism from a horn, as David (was anointed), not from an earthen vessel, he says, as (was) Saul, who held converse with the evil demon of carnal concupiscence.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. x. 1; xvi. 13.
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Cross-references · 3
Parallel passages
1 Samuel 10:1 and 2 Kings 9:3 share the same wording (9 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in The Institutes IV.25.
Cited together in The Institutes IV.25.
