Baruch 3:37 (WEB)
Afterward she appeared upon earth, and lived with men.
Fathers and councils · 21
Gregory of Nyssa
“…Him manhood in its entirety with soul and body, so that our salvation was accomplished by means of both:—He, I say, appeared on earth and “conversed with men,” that men might no longer have opinions according to their own notions about the Self-existent, formulating into a doctrine the hints that come to them from…” — editor's note: Bar. iii. 37.
Read the whole comment“…delivered to us by the Holy Scriptures, that the God who was in the beginning, “afterwards”, as Baruch says, “was seen upon the earth, and conversed with men,” and, becoming a ransom for our death, loosed by His own resurrection the bonds of death, and by Himself made the resurrection a way for all flesh, and being…” — editor's note: Bar. iii. 37.
Read the whole comment“…which declare to us that the Word that was in the beginning was God, and that afterward the Word made flesh was seen upon the earth and conversed with men, we admit in our creed those conceptions which are consonant with the Divine utterance.” — editor's note: Cf. Bar. iii. 37
Read the whole comment“For since He was the Word and was God, and “afterwards,” as the prophet says, “was seen upon earth and conversed with men,” He will hereby be proved to be one of the creatures!” — editor's note: Bar. iii. 37.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“If then henceforward openly adopting Caiaphas’s way, they have determined on judaizing, and are ignorant of the text, that verily God shall dwell upon the earth, let them not inquire into the Apostolical sayings; for this is not the manner of Jews.” — editor's note: Zech. ii. 10; vid. 1 Kings viii. 27; Bar. iii. 37
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Afterward did He show Himself upon earth, and conversed with men.”” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 35–38. [Based on Prov. viii., but so remarkable that Grotius presumptuously declared it an interpolation. It reflects canonical Scripture, but has…
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Afterwards He was seen on earth, and conversed among men.” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 35–37. The last verse was understood by Cyril, as by many of the Greek and Latin Fathers, to be a prophecy of the Incarnation: but in reality it…
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Afterward did he shew himself upon earth and conversed with men.”” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 35, 37 “The ascription of the prophecy of Baruch to Jeremiah may be explained by the fact that in the lxx. Baruch was placed either before or after…
Read the whole comment“He hath found out all the way of knowledge and hath given it unto Jacob His servant and to Israel His beloved and afterward did He show Himself upon earth and conversed with men.”” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 35, 36, 37. From the time of Irenæus the book of Baruch, friend and companion of Jeremiah, was commonly quoted as the work of the great prophet.…
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Ambrose of Milan
“When our peasant planted figs, he found that whereof the philosopher knew nothing, for God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the strong.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. i. 27. The “peasant” is Jeremiah. See Jer. xxiv., but the prophet is not there spoken of as planting figs. The quotation in § 28 is Baruch iii. 36–38.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Certainly He was seen, as was said, “Afterward did He show Himself upon earth, and conversed with men.”” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 37.
Read the whole comment“Also in another place he says, “This is my God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of Him; who hath found out all the way of prudence, and hath given it to Jacob His servant, and to Israel His beloved: afterwards He was seen on the earth, and conversed with men.”” — editor's note: Bar. iii. 35–37.
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John Chrysostom
“For so marvellous was this, and beyond expectation, that because of these things the very angels formed a choir, and in behalf of the world offered up their praise for them, and the prophets from the first were amazed at this, that “He was seen upon earth, and conversed with men.”” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 37.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 102Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy
“…teaching that it means, He consorted and conversed with men, and taking refuge in the expression which says that He was seen on Earth and conversed with Men.” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 37.
Read the whole comment “Why, in this:—This is your God; no other shall be accounted of in comparison with Him, and a little further on, after this did He shew Himself upon earth, and conversed with men.” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 35, 37.
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John Cassian
“Afterwards He was seen upon earth and conversed with men.”” — editor's note: The passage comes not from Jeremiah, but from Baruch (iii. 36–38). It is also quoted as from Jeremiah by Augustine (c. Faustin. xii. c. 43): and in the LXX.…
Read the whole comment“For you must know that, as the Prophet says, “the Lord Himself is God, who found out all the way of knowledge; who was seen upon earth and conversed with men.”” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 37, 38.
Read the whole comment“Who “afterwards appeared on earth and conversed with men.”” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 37.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Afterward did He shew Himself upon earth and dwelt among men.” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 35–37.
Read the whole comment“Afterward He was seen upon earth, and dwelt among men.” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 35–37.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“After this He was seen upon earth, and He conversed with men.”” — editor's note: Baruch iii. 35–37.
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Wisdom appeared on earth and lived among men.