Exodus 14:16 (WEB)
Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. Then the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.
Fathers and councils · 3
John Damascene
“For it was not one people that He saved, as when through Moses He divided the sea and delivered Israel out of Egypt and the bondage of Pharaoh; nay, rather He rescued all mankind from the corruption of death and the bitter tyranny of sin: not leading them by force to virtue, not overwhelming them with…” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 16.
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Tertullian
“…after so many warning plagues, perish in the parted sea, (which was permitted to be passable to “the People” alone,) by the backward roll of the waves: for repentance and her handmaid exomologesis he had cast away.” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 15–31.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For Moses knew it before him, who, when silent, was crying out; who, when he stood at ease, was fighting, nay, not merely fighting but triumphing over enemies whom he had not come near.” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 16.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.4.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.4.