Ephesians 5:14 (WEB)
Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Catechism · 1
“In the newness of the Spirit, they also composed hymns and canticles in the light of the unheard - of event that God accomplished in his Son: his Incarnation, his death which conquered death, his Resurrection, and Ascension to the right hand of the Father.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Phil 2:6-11; Col 1:15-20; Eph 5:14; 1 Tim 3:16; 6:15-16; 2 Tim 2:11-13.
Fathers and councils · 26
Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.5Discourse III
“If however He is the Word, if it is He who is to come, He to be Judge, He to be the Bridegroom, He knoweth when and in what hour He cometh, and when He is to say, ‘Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.’” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment “For although, when they shall hear the universal proclamation of the promise, ‘Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead,’ they shall rise and shall come even to heaven, knocking and saying, ‘Open to us;’ nevertheless the Lord will reprove them, as those who put the knowledge of…” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
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Ambrose of Milan
“It is proper to the ministers of Christ to rise, according to that which is written: “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“And so the Apostle rouses him that is resting to life, saying: “Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“Whence, too, the Scripture says: “Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Nor had I aught to answer Thee calling to me, “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“For to this people is it said, “Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall lay hold on thee.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“By growing He waketh even sleepers; if yet there is not in them so deep sleep, as that they be hardened even against the mountain coming; but they hear, “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“For to certain he saith, “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“Therefore the Apostle saith to certain persons that forgot their God, and being as it were in sleep, did act the follies of the worship of idols—the Apostle, I say, saith to certain persons, “Rise, thou that sleepest, and rise up from the dead, and Christ shall enlighten thee.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“Unless dead thou hadst been, there would not have been said to thee, “Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall enlighten thee.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“But by those who were to bury it He meant those who were dead in soul by the impiety of unbelief, such, namely, as are awakened when it is said, “Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14
Read the whole comment“For as we may often see in a household, itself sound and well, the master of the same house lying dead; so in a sound body do many carry a dead soul within; and these the Apostle arouses thus, “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“For if the Lord had not come to raise the dead, the Apostle would not have said, “Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“For with His Own Word did He raise them that were dead in unbelief; of whom the Apostle says, “Arise thou that sleepest, and rise up from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“So, too, “Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“In any case, they had died for the worse, of whom it said, “Let the dead bury their dead;” and, “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light;” and from this passage before us, “When the dead shall hear, and they that hear shall live.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Awake,” He says, “thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light,”—Christ, the Sun of the Resurrection, He “who was born before the morning star,” and with His beams bestows life.” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“Praise and declare to me Thy Father God; Thy utterances save; Thy hymn teaches that hitherto I have wandered in error, seeking God.” — editor's note: [Eph. v. 14, is probably from a hymn of the Church, which is here referred to as His, as it is adopted into Scripture.]
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John Chrysostom
“Again, to these He saith, “Watch;” but to those, “Awake, thou that sleepest and arise from the dead.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
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Jerome
“So it came to pass that the second Adam, that is the blood of Christ, as it dropped from the cross, washed away the sins of the buried protoplast, the first Adam, and thus the words of the apostle were fulfilled: “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“Then was fulfilled the saying: “Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And again “Awake, thou that sleepest, and Christ shall give thee light,” dispelling the darkness of sin.” — editor's note: Ephes. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“What then is the meaning to S. Paul of the expression, “Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth?”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And concerning these, he says, the Scripture speaks: “Awake thou that sleepest, and arise, and Christ will give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14.
Read the whole comment“And the prophet says, “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”” — editor's note: Eph. v. 14. Epiphanius and others suppose that the words thus cited by Paul are taken from the apocryphal writings of Jeremiah: others that they are a free…
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Cross-references · 24
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Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.22.
Cited together in The City of God XX.10.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.5.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.5.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.5.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.5.
Cited together in The City of God XX.10.
Cited together in The City of God XX.10.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.5.