Ezekiel 18:3 (WEB)
“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.
Fathers and councils · 5
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.40Book VIII
“…this language is not to be taken literally; for he reproves those who say, “Our fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge,” and then he adds, “As I live, saith the Lord, every one shall die for his own sin.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 2–4.
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“By us, however, such things are not understood literally; but, as Ezekiel taught when relating the parable, we inquire what is the inner meaning contained in the parable itself.” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 3.
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John Chrysostom
“This supposition He re moveth by the mouth of Ezekiel; “As I live saith the Lord, this proverb shall not be, that is used, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” ( Ezek. xviii. 3, 2.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…wives so be as if they have not,” because “the time is compressed;” and “the sour grape” chewed by “the fathers” has ceased “to set the sons’ teeth on edge,” for, “each one shall die in his own sin;” and “eunuchs” not only have lost ignominy, but have even deserved grace, being invited into “the kingdoms of the…” — editor's note: See Jer. xxxi. 29, 30 (in LXX. xxxviii. 29, 30); Ezek. xviii. 1–4.
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Aphrahat
“And if thou dost glory in thy wisdom, thou dost not in it excel the Prince of Tyre, whom Ezekiel reproached, saying unto him:—Art thou wiser than Daniel, or hast thou seen by thy wisdom the things that are hid?” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 3.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.40.