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The Great Isaiah Scroll, chapter 53, Qumran scribe

Ezekiel 18:20

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Ezekiel 18:20 (WEB)

The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

Fathers and councils · 12

Origen

  • “And, “The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.

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  • “Finally, see if you can easily find a place in holy Scripture where the soul is properly mentioned in terms of praise: it frequently occurs, on the contrary, accompanied with expressions of censure, as in the passage, “An evil soul ruins him who possesses it;” and, “The soul which sinneth, it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4, cf. 20.

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Gregory of Nyssa

  • “For the death of the body consists in the extinction of the means of sensible perception, and in the dissolution of the body into its kindred elements: but “the soul that sinneth,” he saith, “it shall die.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 20.

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Cyril of Jerusalem

Justin Martyr

Cyprian of Carthage

Ambrose of Milan

Augustine of Hippo

  • “For upon him they are not visited, who hath been changed in Christ, and hath ceased to be the child of the wicked, by not having imitated their conduct. …And to these words, “I will visit the sins of the fathers upon the children,” is added, “who hate Me;” that is, hate Me as their fathers hated Me: so that as…” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4, 20.

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Basil the Great

Jerome

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  • Exodus 28:38 and Ezekiel 18:20 share the same wording (10 words).

  • Leviticus 10:17 and Ezekiel 18:20 share the same wording (10 words).

  • Numbers 18:1 and Ezekiel 18:20 share the same wording (10 words).

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