Genesis 18:25 (WEB)
May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Fathers and councils · 6
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And that there is a judgment, Abraham shews in saying to the Lord, He who judgeth all the earth, shall He not execute judgment?” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 25.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“And he, immediately falling down, although he saw a man with his eyes, nevertheless worshiped him as God, and sacrificed to him as Lord, and confessed that he was not ignorant of his identity when he uttered the words, “Lord, the judge of all the earth, wilt thou not execute righteous judgment?”” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 25.
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Jerome
“On the next day soon after sunrise she stood upon the brow of Capharbarucha, that is, “the house of blessing,” the point to which Abraham pursued the Lord when he made intercession with Him.” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 23–33.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.” — editor's note: Ib. 25, 26.
Read the whole comment“In no wise shalt Thou, Who judgest the earth, execute this judgment.” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 25.
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Clement of Alexandria
“The Lord is He who judgeth the earth;” “since he that believeth not, is,” according to the utterance of the Saviour, “condemned already.”” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 25.
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