Ezekiel 14:20 (WEB)
though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.”
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“If he meets us with the argument that in Ezekiel it is said that Noah, Daniel and Job in a sinful land could not free their sons and daughters, we reply that the words are used hypothetically.” — editor's note: Ezek. xiv. 14, 20.
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Justin Martyr
“And that this is so, God makes known in Ezekiel, [when] He said concerning it: ‘If Noah and Jacob and Daniel should beg either sons or daughters, the request would not be granted them.’” — editor's note: Ezek. xiv. 20.
Read the whole comment“And Ezekiel: ‘Even if Noah, and Jacob, and Daniel were to pray for sons or daughters, their request should not be granted.’” — editor's note: Ezek. xiv. 18, 20.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“What Noah, and Job, and Daniel, who are reckoned together as men of prayer, will pray for us, that we may have a slight respite from warfare, and recover ourselves, and recognize…” — editor's note: Ezek. xiv. 14, 20.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 44 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 140.