Exodus 14:21 (WEB)
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Fathers and councils · 10
Augustine of Hippo
“…there is no profit:” if the heathen forsook their idols, to come to the God of Israel; ought Israel whom their own God led from Egypt through the Red Sea, wherein He overwhelmed their pursuing foes; whom He led out into the wilderness, fed with manna, never took His rod from correcting them, never deprived them…” — editor's note: Exod. xiv. 21, 22.
Read the whole comment“The sea was divided; a way was made in the midst of the waves; their enemies following, were covered by the same waves through which they passed: and yet when Moses, the man of God, had departed from their sight, they asked for an idol, and said, “Make us gods to go before us; for this man has deserted us.”” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 21–31.
Read the whole comment“For who else save Moses smote the Egyptians with so many and mighty plagues, as when He led the people through the parted waters of the sea, when he obtained manna for them from heaven in their hunger, and water from the rock in their thirst?” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 21–29.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For although the Red Sea was divided before by Moses, yet it was not Moses who did it, for it came to pass, not because he spoke, but because God commanded.” — editor's note: Exod. xiv. 21.
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John Chrysostom
“There when the south wind blew, the water yielded so as to make them pass over on dry land, but here the miracle was greater. ( Ex. xiv. 21.)” — the author cites it
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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
“The one ruled the sea, the other heaven.” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 21. Cf. also Josh. x. 12.
Read the whole comment“The people of the Hebrews were shut in on every side, hemmed in on the one hand by the Egyptians, on the other by the sea; Moses lifted up his rod, the water divided and hardened like walls, and a way for the feet appeared between the waves.” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 21 ff.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…people, raining bread upon them, and abounding in quails, nourishing them not only with necessaries, but even with luxuries: that He, Who divided the sea, and stayed the sun, and parted the river, with all the other things that He has done; for under such circumstances the mind is wont to recur to history, and…” — editor's note: Ib. xiv. 21.
Read the whole comment“The wilderness shall be tamed for thee, and the Sea divided; Pharaoh shall be drowned; bread shall be rained down: the rock shall become a fountain; Amalek shall be conquered, not with arms alone, but with the hostile…” — editor's note: Ib. xiv. 21.
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Cross-references · 28
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Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.22.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.22.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.22.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.22.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.22.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Festal Letters.22.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 42.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy II.20.