Exodus 14:30 (WEB)
Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“Fear lest there remain anything of thy sins, if there lived any one of the Egyptians!” — editor's note: Exod. xiv. 29, 30.
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.
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Tertullian
“First, indeed, when the people, set unconditionally free, escaped the violence of the Egyptian king by crossing over through water, it was water that extinguished the king himself, with his entire forces.” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 27–30.
Read the whole comment“…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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