Acts 2:25 (WEB)
For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…was glad; moreover also, my flesh shall rest in hope: because Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt Thou give Thy Holy One to see corruption.”” — editor's note: Acts ii. 22–27.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“But if ye are not persuaded by me, understand what I tell you from the very time of the day; for it is the third hour of the day.” — editor's note: Acts ii. 25, and 15.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Pleasure is in Thy favour and mercy in this life’s journey, leading on even to the end of the glory of Thy countenance.” — editor's note: [Compare Acts ii. 25 and xiii. 34.—C.]
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Tertullian
“…then, Christ was announced by the Creator, “who formeth the lightning, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man His Christ,” as the prophet Joel says, since the entire hope of the Jews, not to say of the Gentiles too, was fixed on the manifestation of Christ,—it was demonstrated that they, by their being…” — editor's note: A supposed quotation of Amos iv. 13. See Oehler’s marginal reference. If so, the reference to Joel is either a slip of Tertullian or a corruption of his text;…
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Cross-references · 1
Acts 2:25 and 2 Corinthians 12:7 share the same wording (10 words).
