Genesis 22:1 (WEB)
After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
Catechism · 1
“Christian hope takes up and fulfills the hope of the chosen people which has its origin and model in the hope of Abraham, who was blessed abundantly by the promises of God fulfilled in Isaac, and who was purified by the test of the sacrifice.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 17:4-8; 22:1-18.
Fathers and councils · 8
Tertullian
“Accordingly, to begin with, Isaac, when led by his father as a victim, and himself bearing his own “wood,” was even at that early period pointing to Christ’s death; conceded, as He was, as a victim by the Father; carrying, as He did, the “wood” of His own passion.” — editor's note: Comp. Gen. xxii. 1–10 with John xix. 17.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.14Conference XIII
“And this searching trial of faith we read that the Divine righteousness brought about also in the case of the grandest of the patriarchs; where it is said: “And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Is not the life of man upon earth a temptation, and that without intermission?” — editor's note: We have ever to endure temptation, either in the sense of a testing, as when it is said, “God did tempt Abraham” (Gen. xxii. 1); or with the additional idea of…
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John Chrysostom
“And he shows another thing too, by saying, that “God tempted Abraham.” ( Gen. xxii. 1.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For there too it is said, “And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Take thy beloved son whom thou lovest” ( Gen. xxii. 1, 2 ); yet it doth not appear in that place either, that when He saith this He waited to see the end of the trial, whether Abraham would obey or…” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“That we should believe this to be true of men is nothing wonderful, for even the Lord Himself was tempted, and of Abraham the scripture bears witness that God tempted him.” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 1.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Abraham was a great man, a patriarch, the offerer of the new sacrifice, by presenting to Him who had given it the promised seed, as a ready offering, eager for slaughter.” — editor's note: Ib. xxii. i.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“In Genesis: “And God, tempted Abraham, and said to him, Take thy only son whom thou lovest, Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there as a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell thee.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxii. 1, 2.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.16.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.16.
Cited together in Confessions X.28.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.16.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.16.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.16.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.16.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.16.
Cited together in Confessions X.28.