Genesis 18:33 (WEB)
The LORD went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
Fathers and councils · 5
Justin Martyr
“And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom;’ and what follows until, ‘But the men put forth their hands, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door of the house;’ and what follows till,…” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 33, Gen. xix. 1.
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John Chrysostom
“Though the patriarch Abraham be supplicating for them that are most incurably diseased, and change not, God will leave him and go His way,that he may not receive his cry in their behalf.” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 33.
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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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Augustine of Hippo
“For so Scripture goes on to say, “And the Lord went His way, as soon as He left communing with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.”” — editor's note: Gen. xviii. 33
Read the whole comment“For we find nowhere in the Scriptures that the Father was sent.” — editor's note: [It is difficult to determine the details of this theophany, beyond all doubt: namely, whether the “Jehovah” who “went his way as soon as he had left communing…
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.11.