Genesis 19:10 (WEB)
But the men reached out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
Fathers and councils · 5
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.66Book II
“And they smote the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great; so that they wearied themselves to find the door.”” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. xix. 10, 11. [Also Jude 7, “strange (or other) flesh.”]
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Augustine of Hippo
“But that just person was not willing that for the bodies of his guests his soul should be spotted by his own telling of a lie, for which bodies he was willing that the bodies of his daughters by iniquity of others’ lust should be deforced.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 5–11
Read the whole comment“And Lot said unto them, Oh! not so, my lord: behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight,” etc. What is meant by his saying to them, “Oh! not so, my lord,” if He who was the Lord had already departed, and had sent the angels?” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 1–19
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Tertullian
“Lot, withal, the brother of Abraham, proves that it was for the merits of righteousness, without observance of the law, that he was freed from the conflagration of the Sodomites.” — editor's note: See Gen. xix. 1–29; and comp. 2 Pet. ii. 6–9.
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Justin Martyr
“…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, ‘And the angels laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hands of his daughters, the Lord being merciful to him.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 10.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 34.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.66.