Exodus 3:4 (WEB)
When the LORD saw that he came over to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, “Moses! Moses!” He said, “Here I am.”
Catechism · 1
“From the midst of the burning bush he calls Moses.” — Catechism footnote: Ex 3:1-10.
Fathers and councils · 11
Gregory of Nyssa
“One mark of the true Godhead is indicated by the words of Holy Scripture, which Moses learnt by the voice from heaven, when He heard Him Who said, “I am He that is.”” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 4.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“…another, bringing down judgment upon the Sodomites; and again, when He becomes visible, and directs Jacob on his journey, and speaks with Moses from the bush.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 4, etc.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“…out of the bush, and the Lord called Moses out of the bush, saying, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob,’ yet was not the Angel the God of Abraham, but in the Angel God spoke.” — editor's note: Vid. Ex. iii. 2–6.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“And he said unto him, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 4–6. Cf. Justin’s Dial., chap. 63.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And why should we despair that God should speak in men, Who spoke in the thorn bush?” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 4.
Read the whole comment“Turning away therefrom, he sought God with all the desire of his heart, and thus saw, questioned, heard Him when He spoke.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 4.
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Justin Martyr
“And when the Lord saw that he is turning aside to behold, the Lord called to him out of the bush.’” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2–4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 1–6
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Hilary of Poitiers
“And He said unto him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 2, 4–6.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…little in the eyes of men, and not yet of any account, was called from the bush which burned but was not consumed, or rather by Him who appeared 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…” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 4.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And He said unto him, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2–6.
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Cross-references · 26
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Parallel passages
Genesis 22:11 and Exodus 3:4 share the same wording (9 words).