2 Kings 6:5 (WEB)
But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“After sinking to the bottom the iron has once more floated upon the surface, and men have again seen among the palm-trees the bitter waters of Marah.” — editor's note: 2 Kings vi. 5, 6.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“But Carpophorus, as a devout man, said he was indifferent regarding his own property, but that he felt a concern for the deposits; for many shed tears as they remarked to him, that they had committed what they had entrusted to Callistus, under the ostensive cause of lodging the money with himself.” — editor's note: [An instance illustrative of the touching sense of moral obligation given in 2 Kings vi. 5.]
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies IX.7.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies IX.7.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies IX.7.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies IX.7.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies IX.7.