Isaiah 11:1 (WEB)
A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
Catechism · 3
The Virtues
“They belong in their fullness to Christ, Son of David.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Isa 11:1-2.
"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"
“Before his Ascension Christ affirmed that the hour had not yet come for the glorious establishment of the messianic kingdom awaited by Israel which, according to the prophets, was to bring all men the definitive order of justice, love and peace.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 11:1-9.
"I Believe in the Holy Spirit"
“The characteristics of the awaited Messiah begin to appear in the "Book of Emmanuel" ("Isaiah said this when he saw his glory," speaking of Christ), especially in the first two verses of Isaiah 11:” — Catechism footnote: Isa 11:1-2.
Fathers and councils · 25
Irenaeus of Lyons
“He shall not judge according to glory, nor reprove after the manner of speech; but He shall dispense judgment to the humble man, and reprove the haughty ones of the earth.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1, etc.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Alcuin of YorkCatena Aurea on John
“(Isaiah 11:1) Or the words may be taken as expressing doubt, and asking the question.” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…of God, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of discernment and piety, the spirit of counsel and truth; the spirit of God’s fear shall fill Him.”” — editor's note: See Isa. xi. 1, 2, especially in LXX.
Read the whole comment“There the blood of the Lord serves for your purple robe, and your broad stripe is His own cross; there the axe is already laid to the trunk of the tree; there is the branch out of the root of Jesse.” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1.
Read the whole comment“His blooming flower shall be my Christ, upon whom hath rested, according to Isaiah, “the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of piety, and of the fear of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“That He was of the family of David, according to the genealogy of Mary, He declared in a figurative way even by the rod which was to proceed out of the stem of Jesse.” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1.
Read the whole comment“And with the fear of the Lord shall the Spirit fill Him.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1–3.
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John Damascene
“And Isaiah says: And there shall come out a rod out of the stem of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots.” — editor's note: Is. xi. 1.
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Justin Martyr
“…of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and piety: and the spirit of the fear of the Lord shall fill Him:’ (now you admitted to me,” continued he, “that this referred to Christ, and you maintain Him to be pre-existent God, and having become incarnate by God’s will,…” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1 ff.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Orth.—Then let us pass on to another prophetic testimony and let us hear the same prophet saying “There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots.”” — editor's note: Isaiah xi. 1
Read the whole comment“…of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of piety and the spirit of the fear of the Lord shall fill Him.”” — editor's note: Isaiah xi. 1, 2, 3, 7
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Augustine of Hippo
“…and at a certain time must be revealed, as at the fruit appearing, according as it is written, “there hath flourished a shoot from the root of Jesse:” so also the New Testament itself which is in Christ, in those former times was hidden, being known to the Prophets alone, and to the very few godly men, not by…” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But the Prophet says, “There shall come a rod from the stem of Jesse;” [Isa 11:1] therefore to shew that this prophecy was fulfilled in Mary and Christ, the Evangelist puts Jesse.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“They cut down branches from the trees, because out of the Prophets they had heard of the green “Branch” as an emblem of Christ. [marg. note: Isa 11:1, Jer 23:5]” — the author cites it
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Jerome
““There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a flower shall grow out of his roots.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1, LXX.
Read the whole comment“If only you will come, we shall go to see Nazareth, as its name denotes, the flower of Galilee.” — editor's note: Lit. “sprout.” In Isa. xi. 1 it is rendered by A.V. “branch.”
Read the whole comment“Let these word fanciers and nice critics of all composition tell us where they have read the words; and if they cannot, let me tell them that they are in Isaiah.” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1.
Read the whole comment“For, as Isaiah says, “there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots”: and He says Himself in the Song of Songs, “I am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1, Vulg.
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Ambrose of Milan
“The flower from the root is the work of the Spirit, that flower, I say, of which it was well prophesied: “A rod shall go forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise from his root.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And these two matters do not divide the Substance, as I understand it, but rather are divisions within the Substance.” — editor's note: Job xxxviii. 4, Ps. v. 10, xxxvi., cxxxix. 7–15, cxlii., Isa. xi. 1–3, xlviii. 16, Mal. iii. 6, Wisd. i. 2, John i. 14, iii. 24, xv. 26, xvi. 14, 15, Acts…
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Aphrahat
“Clearly the Spirit of God that abode on Christ with seven operations, as Isaiah the Prophet said:—The Spirit of God shall rest and dwell upon Him, (a spirit) of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and of courage, of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.” — editor's note: Is. xi. 1, 2.
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Leo the Great
“…be called Emmanuel, which is interpreted, God with us,” and again, “a rod shall come forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower shall arise from his root.”” — editor's note: Is. xi. 1; in the interpretation that follows there is apparently play on the rod (virga) and the virgin (virgo).
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Clement of Alexandria
““There shall come forth,” it is said, “a rod out of the root of Jesse.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1, 3, 4.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in Isaiah: “And a rod shall go forth of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall go up from his root; and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and piety; and the spirit of the fear of the Lord shall fill Him.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1–3.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“For Isaiah says, “There shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall grow up out of it.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 1.
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Cross-references · 26
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.16.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.16.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.16.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 21:2–9 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 87.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:3–6 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 13.
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 21:2–9 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 21:2–9 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 21:2–9 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Alcuin of York on John 1:43–46 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Alcuin of York on John 1:43–46 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Alcuin of York on John 1:43–46 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Alcuin of York on John 1:43–46 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §712.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 13.
Cited together in Catechism §1831.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 13.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 13.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 13.
Cited together in The Chaplet, or De Corona Chapter 13.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.16.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 87.
Cited together in Catechism §1831.