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Hebrews 11:19 (WEB)
concluding that God is able to raise up even from the dead. Figuratively speaking, he also did receive him back from the dead.

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§2572Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va
“Abraham's faith does not weaken (“God himself will provide the lamb for a burnt offering."), for he "considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead."” — Catechism footnote: Gen 22:8; Heb 11:19

Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 6
“And when, after he had gained his son, he was commanded to offer him up, although he had heard the word, In Isaac shall thy seed be called, he proceeded to offer up his son, his only son, to God, believing that God is able to raise up even from the dead.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 19.
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions III.7Book III
“…and another in another; according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, and all those commended by the mouth of God were righteous, but were judged unrighteous by foolish men, judging out of man’s judgment, and gauging by the petty standard of their own manners the manners of the whole…” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 8–40.
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVI.32Book XVI
“…seed be called: thinking that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead;” therefore he has added, “from whence also he received him in a similitude.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 17–19.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 118
“But how much greater was that won by Abraham who was content to slay his only son, of whom he had been told that he was to inherit the world, yet did not cease to hope that after death Isaac would live again.” — editor's note: Cf. Heb. xi. 17–19.
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Ephrem the Syrian, Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 1
“To see Him Isaac longed, as having tasted the taste of His redemption; for if the sign of Him so gave life, much more would He by the reality.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 19.
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Ephrem the Syrian, Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 13
“In the twenty-fifth year, let Isaac praise the Son, for by His goodness he was rescued upon the Mount from the knife, and in his stead there was the victim, the type of the Lamb for the slaughter.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 19.
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