Exodus 17:6 (WEB)
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Catechism · 2
The First Commandment
“It always harbors doubt about his love, his providence, and his power.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 10:9; Ex 17:2-7; Ps 95:9.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“Thus the Spirit is also personally the living water welling up from Christ crucified as its source and welling up in us to eternal life.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 4:10-14; 738; Ex 17:1-6; Isa 55:1; Zech 14:8; 1 Cor 10:4; Rev 21:6; 22:17.
Fathers and councils · 9
John Damascene
“For if water burst in the desert from the steep and solid rock at God’s will and from the jaw-bone of an ass to quench Samson’s thirst, is it incredible that fragrant oil should burst forth from the martyrs’ remains?” — editor's note: Ex. xvii. 6.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“And the river which flows by the city has sometimes seemed drier than the waterless desert, and more parched than that in which Israel, as they passed through it, so suffered for thirst, that they cried out against Moses, and the water flowed for them from the steep rock, through him who alone doeth wonders.” — editor's note: ἐκ πέτρας ἀκροτόμου. The adjective is an addition of Dionysius’ own. The LXX of Ex. xvii. 6 has only πέτρα, “rock.”
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Augustine of Hippo
“In the wilderness from the rock He brought forth water, not honey.” — editor's note: Exod. xvii. 6.
Read the whole comment“For all typical things seem in some way to personate those whom they typify, as it is said by the apostle, “That Rock was Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4; Ex. xvii. 6.
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. xvii. 6.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Our fathers, when they passed across the sea on foot, drank water not wine.” — editor's note: Ex. xvii. 6.
Read the whole comment“The people of the fathers thirsted, Moses touched the rock, and water flowed out of the rock.” — editor's note: Ex. xvii. 6.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…in the bush, and was encouraged by that first wonder: Moses, I say, for whom the sea was divided, and manna rained down, and the rock poured out a fountain, and the pillar of fire and cloud led the way in turn, and the stretching out of his hands gained a victory, and the representation of the cross overcame tens…” — editor's note: Ib. xvii. 6.
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 hand of the righteous forming both prayers and the invincible trophy of the Cross; the…” — editor's note: Ib. xvii. 6.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Catechism §2119.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
Cited together in Catechism §2119.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
Cited together in Catechism §2119.
Cited together in The City of God XVIII.48.
Cited together in Church History VII.21.
Cited together in Church History VII.21.
Cited together in Church History VII.21.