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Pentecost, El Greco

Acts 12:4

El Greco, Pentecost, c. 1600 · Museo del Prado · Public domainEl Greco, Pentecost, c. 1600, Museo del Prado

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Acts 12:4 (WEB)

When he had arrested him, he put him in prison and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

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Theodoret of Cyrus

  • “Now for any one who likes to open the quaternion of the sacred evangelists, it is easy to perceive that the divine Scripture distinctly proclaims the passion of the body, and to learn from them how Joseph of…” — editor's note: The word τετρακτύς commonly expresses the sum of the first four numbers in the Pythagorean system, i.e. 10, the root of creation; (1+2+3+4=10.) Cf. the…

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Ambrose of Milan

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