Hebrews 11:37 (WEB)
They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—
Fathers and councils · 20
Origen
“For the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, in speaking of the prophets, and what they suffered, says, “They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were slain with the sword.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37.
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“…being destitute, afflicted, tormented; they wandered in deserts and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth, of whom the world was not worthy:” for they looked always to God and to His blessings, which, being invisible, and not to be perceived by the senses, are eternal.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38.
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“Indeed, the prophets themselves, who for the purity of their lives received the Divine Spirit, “wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented: they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“It may also have been spoken of one, but in the plural number; as in the Hebrews, They wandered in goat-skins, and they were sawn asunder; (Heb. 11:37.) whereas Elijah alone is related to have had a goat-skin, and Isaiah to have been sawn asunder.” — the author cites it
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John Damascene
“…being destitute, afflicted, tormented; they wandered in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of the earth, of whom the world was not worthy.” — editor's note: Hebr. xi. 37, 38.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Manasses also was utterly wicked, who sawed Isaiah asunder, and was defiled with all kinds of idolatries, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; but having been led captive to Babylon he used his experience of…” — editor's note: Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, § 120 charges the Jews with having cut out a passage referring to the death of Isaiah. Theophylact commenting on Heb. xi.…
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6Conference XVIII
“I watched and am become like a sparrow alone upon the house-top.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38; Job xxxix. 5–8; Ps. cvi. (cvii.) 2, 4–6; Lam. iii. 27, 28; Ps. ci (cii.) 7, 8.
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“…were oppressed, afflicted, in want, of whom the world was not worthy, they wandered about in deserts and in mountains, and in caves and in dens of the earth.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38.
Read the whole comment “…being in want, distressed, afflicted; of whom the world was not worthy; wandering in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and in caves of the earth.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…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.
Read the whole comment“Again, the plural number is adopted where it is said that they “were sawn asunder,” while that manner of death is reported only of Isaiah.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But if before the day of your contest, of the mercy of God, peace shall supervene, let there still remain to you the sound will and the glorious conscience.” — editor's note: [He contemplates the peace promised in Ep. viii. supra. But note the indomitable spirit with which, for successive ages, the Church supplied her martyrs. Heb.…
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John Chrysostom
“…did, of whom he says, “They wandered about in sheepskins, and in goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented: of whom the world was not worthy.” ( c. xi. 37, 38.)” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“These know not the figure syllepsis, by which one name is put for many, and many for one; as Paul in the Epistle to the Hebrews says, “They were sawn asunder,” [Heb 11:37] when it is thought that one only, Esaias namely, was so.” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
““For some had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, and others were sawn asunder and were slain with the sword.”” — editor's note: cf. Heb. xi. 36, 37.
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Ambrose of Milan
“From such a rule sprang those great men, Elijah, Elisha, John the son of Elizabeth, who clothed in sheepskins, poor and needy, and afflicted with pain, wandered in deserts, in hollows and thickets of mountains, amongst pathless rocks, rough caves, pitfalls and marshes, of whom the world was not worthy.” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Of them the divine apostle says “they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain by the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38
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Gregory the Great
“…trial of mockings and scourgings, yea moreover of bonds and imprisonment; they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword (Ibid. xi. 36, 37): and again, Remember those who were set over you, who spoke to you the Word of God, whose faith follow, looking to the end of their…” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“Wherefore also, having encompassing us such a cloud,” holy and transparent, “of witnesses, laying aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, let us run with patience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 36–40, xii. 1, 2.
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Cross-references · 52
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Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.7.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.7.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.18.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.7.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.4.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.7.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:6–13 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:6–13 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:6–13 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:6–13 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:6–13 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:6–13 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:6–13 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 26:6–13 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels III.17.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:38–43 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:38–43 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:38–43 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:38–43 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:38–43 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:38–43 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.7.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 23:38–43 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Letters Letter 139.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.
Cited together in Letters Letter 139 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 139.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 8.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.7.