Exodus 3:21 (WEB)
I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“And I had come unto Thee from among the Gentiles, and I strained after that gold which Thou willedst Thy people to take from Egypt, seeing that wheresoever it was it was Thine.” — editor's note: Similarly, as to all truth being God’s, Justin Martyr says: “Whatever things were rightly said among all men are the property of us Christians” (Apol. ii. 13).…
Read the whole comment“He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 21, 22
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Tertullian
“Which, too, the greater—the grievance of the Egyptians against the Hebrews, or “the favour” which they displayed towards them?” — editor's note: Gratia Hebræorum, either a reference to Ex. iii. 21, or meaning, perhaps, “the unpaid services of the Hebrews.”
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.14.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.20.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.20.