2 Kings 6:17 (WEB)
Elisha prayed, and said, “LORD, please open his eyes, that he may see.” the LORD opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
Fathers and councils · 6
Athanasius of Alexandria
“As also Elisha, when he thought he was alone in the wilderness, was with companies of angels; so in this case, though the people were at first afflicted and in the wilderness, yet those who remained faithful afterwards entered the land of promise.” — editor's note: The reference is to 2 Kings vi. 13–17, though ‘the wilderness’ agrees better with the history of Elijah, 1 Kings xix. 4–8.
Read the whole comment“…to see more and further than the demons—for it has the Lord who reveals to it—like the soul of Elisha, which saw what was done by Gehazi, and beheld the hosts standing on its side.’” — editor's note: 2 Kings vi. 17.
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John Chrysostom
“Since many of the Prophets too were glorified, as this Moses himself, Elijah, and Elisha, the one encircled by the fiery chariot ( 2 Kings vi. 17 ), the other taken up by it; and after them, Daniel and the Three Children, and the many others who showed forth wonders ; and angels who have…” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“And then when your eyes have been opened you shall see a fiery chariot like Elijah’s waiting to carry you to heaven, and shall joyfully sing: “Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken and we are escaped.”” — editor's note: 2 Kings ii. 11; vi. 17.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Then saw they Elisha, whom they were endeavouring to lay hold of, and seeing him they could not hold him fast.” — editor's note: 2 [4] Kings vi. 8–23.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For Plato was not unacquainted with David, who “placed the sacred ark in his city in the midst of the tabernacle;” and bidding all his subjects rejoice “before the Lord, divided to the whole host of Israel, man and woman, to each a loaf of bread, and baked bread, and a cake from the frying-pan.”” — editor's note: 2 Kings vi. 17–19, Septuagint: 2 Sam. vi. 17–19. A.V.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
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Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.