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The Great Isaiah Scroll, chapter 53, Qumran scribe

Ezekiel 1:11

Qumran scribe, The Great Isaiah Scroll, chapter 53, c. 125 BC · Israel Museum, Jerusalem · Public domainQumran scribe, The Great Isaiah Scroll, chapter 53, c. 125 BC, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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Ezekiel 1:11 (WEB)

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

  • “And yet Ezekiel the Prophet even made a description of them, as far as was possible, saying that every one has four faces, one of a man, another of a lion, another of an eagle, and another of a calf; and that each one had six wings, and they had eyes on all sides; and that under each one was a wheel of four sides.” — editor's note: In Ezekiel i. 6–11, the four living creatures have each four wings, as also in x. 21 according to the Hebrew. But in the latter passage, according to the…

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Jerome

  • “They hold together each by each and are interwoven one with another: like wheels within wheels they roll along and go whithersoever the breath of the Holy Spirit wafts them.” — editor's note: Ezek. i. 11.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

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