Exodus 19:18 (WEB)
All of Mount Sinai smoked, because the LORD descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
Catechism · 1
“The one and true God first reveals his glory to Israel.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Ex 19:16-25; 24:15-18.
Fathers and councils · 5
John Chrysostom
“(See Ex. xix. 18.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…He shows a dark cloud;—as on Mount Sinai; for “Moses,” it is said, “entered into the cloud, and into the thick darkness; and as a vapor, so went up the smoke;”and the prophet said, when speaking of His threatening, “Dark water in clouds of the air;”—so here, because it was His desire not to alarm, but to teach, it is…” — editor's note: Exod. xx. 21, xix. 18.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…that was in the camp trembled; and when the voice of the trumpet sounded long and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.”” — editor's note: Ex. xix. 18, 19
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…at all, for it would be dangerous to him; but if he be at least temporarily purified, let him remain below and listen to the Voice alone, and the trumpet, the bare words of piety, and let him see the Mountain smoking and lightening, a terror at once and a marvel to those who cannot get up.” — editor's note: Ib. xix. 16–18.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“In Exodus: “And the whole of Mount Sinai smoked, because God had come down upon it in fire.”” — editor's note: Ex. xix. 18.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Catechism §2085.
Cited together in Catechism §2085.
Cited together in Catechism §2085.
Cited together in Catechism §2085.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.102.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.102.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.102.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.102.