Genesis 49:9 (WEB)
Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
Fathers and councils · 9
Gregory of Nyssa
“For if he had learned the Divine names, he must have known that our Lord is called a Curse and Sin, and a Heifer, and a lion’s Whelp, and a Bear bereaved of her whelps, and a Leopard and such-like names, according to various modes of conception, by Holy Scripture, the sacred and inspired…” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 9.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Again, He is called a Lion, not as a devourer of men, but indicating as it were by the title His kingly, and stedfast, and confident nature: a Lion He is also called in opposition to the lion our adversary, who roars and devours those who have been deceived.” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 9; Apoc. v. 5.
Read the whole comment“There is also the prophecy of Jacob saying in the Scriptures, He lay down and couched as a lion, and as a lion’s whelp: who shall rouse Him up?” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 9.
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Justin Martyr
““And it was prophesied by Jacob the patriarch that there would be two advents of Christ, and that in the first He would suffer, and that after He came there would be neither prophet nor king in your nation (I proceeded), and that the nations who believed in the suffering Christ would look for His future appearance.” — editor's note: [Gen. xlix. 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 24. These texts are frequently referred to by Justin.]
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Augustine of Hippo
“The king who fears no man, is not a fox: like that Lion of Judah, of whom it is said, “Stooping down Thou didst rise up, and didst sleep as a lion.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 9.
Read the whole comment“Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s foal to the choice vine; he shall wash his robe in wine, and his clothes in the blood of the grape: his eyes are red with wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 8–12.
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John Chrysostom
“The Patriarch too after saying, “He lay down, He couched as a lion,” addeth, “And as a lion’s whelp, who shall raise Him up?” ( Gen. xlix. 9.)” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…the vine; he shall wash his garments in wine, and his clothing in the blood of the grape: terrible are his eyes with wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 8–12.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“His eyes shall be gladsome as with wine, and his teeth shall be whiter than milk.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 8–12.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in The City of God XVI.41.
Cited together in The City of God XVI.41.
Cited together in The City of God XVI.41.
Cited together in The City of God XVI.41.
Cited together in The City of God XVI.41.