2 Kings 4:39 (WEB)
One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered a lap full of wild gourds from it, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew; for they didn’t recognize them.
Fathers and councils · 4
Basil the Great
“No one refused to sit at the table of Elisha; and yet he only gave his friends wild vegetables.” — editor's note: 2 Kings iv. 39.
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Ambrose of Milan
“O foolish Elisha, for feeding the prophets with wild and bitter gourds!” — editor's note: 2 [4] Kings iv. 39.
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Jerome
“…of God did not storm at the cooks (for he was not used to very sumptuous fare), but caused meal to be brought, and casting it in, sweetened the bitter mess with spiritual strength as Moses had once sweetened the waters of Mara.” — editor's note: 2 Kings iv. 38–41.
Read the whole comment“The sons of the prophets, who were the monks of the Old Testament, built for themselves huts by the waters of Jordan and forsaking the crowded cities lived in these on pottage and wild herbs.” — editor's note: 2 Kings iv. 38, 39; vi. 1, 2.
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