Exodus 3:16 (WEB)
Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, “I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt.
Fathers and councils · 4
Justin Martyr
“…Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared to me, saying, I am surely beholding you, and the things which have befallen you in Egypt.’ ” In addition to these words, I went on: “Have you perceived, sirs, that this very God whom Moses speaks of as an Angel that talked to him in the flame of fire,…” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 16.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Let not the age nor the authority deceive you of those who, answering to the ancient wickedness of the two elders; as they attempted to corrupt and violate the chaste Susannah, are thus also attempting, with their adulterous doctrines, to corrupt the chastity of the Church and violate the truth of the Gospel.” — editor's note: [“The elders,” i.e., presbyters. Our author plays upon the word, and compares the corrupt presbyters to their like in the Hebrew Church, from which this name…
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Tertullian
“Even Moses, who had interrogated Him on that very point, had heard a different name.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 13–16.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And that he is beloved of God, God intimates when He says, “The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 16.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 3.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 3.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 39.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 3.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 59.