Genesis 32:24 (WEB)
Jacob was left alone, and wrestled with a man there until the breaking of the day.
Catechism · 1
“From this account, the spiritual tradition of the Church has retained the symbol of prayer as a battle of faith and as the triumph of perseverance.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 32:24-30; Lk 18:1-8.
Fathers and councils · 10
Origen
“And the sun rose, when the vision of God passed by.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24–31.
Read the whole comment
Justin Martyr
“And Jacob called the name of that place Peniel, for I saw God face to face, and my soul rejoiced.’” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 22–30.
Read the whole comment“And thus again he says, ‘A man wrestled with Jacob,’ and asserts it was God; narrating that Jacob said, ‘I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.’” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24, 30.
Read the whole comment
Augustine of Hippo
“Jacob therefore wrestled, and prevailed: he held Him and when he seemed to have conquered Him asked to be blessed of Him.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24, etc.
Read the whole comment“And afterwards, when he was returning from Mesopotamia, the Angel wrestled with him in the way.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24.
Read the whole comment“For these methods of communication seem to imply that the angels have not tangible bodies, and make it a very difficult question to solve how the patriarchs washed their feet, and how it was that Jacob wrestled with the angel in a way so unmistakeably material.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24, 25
Read the whole comment
Jerome
“So, also, when his thigh shrank after the Lord had wrestled with him, he ceased to beget children.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24, 25.
Read the whole comment
Leo the Great
“…appeared for the purpose of teaching, and justifying men in exactly the same way that He appeared both to patriarchs and prophets in the semblance of flesh; for instance, when He engaged in a struggle, and entered into conversation (with Jacob), or when He refused not hospitable entertainment, and even partook of…” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24 and xviii 1. It will be noticed that Leo unhesitatingly pronounces these and similar appearances to be manifestations of the Second Person in…
Read the whole comment
Ambrose of Milan
“What greater fortitude than his in striving with God?” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24–26.
Read the whole comment
Clement of Alexandria
““And Jacob was left alone, and there wrestled with him a man (the Instructor) till the morning.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24.
Read the whole comment
Cross-references · 19
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 59.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 59.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 126.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.25.