Genesis 22:5 (WEB)
Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come back to you.”
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 · 1
“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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