Isaiah 11:10 (WEB)
It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
Fathers and councils · 13
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Receive thou therefore Him that was born of David, believing the prophecy which saith, And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, and He that shall rise to rule over the Gentiles: in Him shall the Gentiles trust.” — editor's note: Is. xi. 10; Rom. xv. 12.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Then at the conclusion of the prediction he takes up once more the strain with which he began, for he says “There shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ensign of the people, to it shall the Gentiles seek and his rest shall be glorious.”” — editor's note: Isaiah xi. 10
Read the whole comment“And a little further on “And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek; and His rest shall be glorious.”” — editor's note: Isaiah xi. 10
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John Chrysostom
“As Paul has shown when he says, “By Him were all things created,” and “by Him all things consist”; for which reason He has been called also “Root” and “Foundation.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 10 , as quoted Rom. xv. 12; Rev. xxii. 16.
Read the whole comment“And Isaiah too saith, “He that riseth up to rule over the Gentiles, in Him shall the Gentiles trust.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 10; Rom. xv. 12. [The latter passage also follows the LXX. The word “trust” should be changed to “hope,” as in R.V., Rom. xv. 12.—R.]
Read the whole comment“That cause is, “There shall be He that riseth to reign over the Gentiles, in Him shall the Gentiles trust:”much the same as here too he said, “All flesh shall see the salvation of God,” everywhere declaring that the power and knowledge of these our Gospels would be…” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 10; see also Rom. xv. 12. [“Hope” instead of “trust;” see foot-note on Hom. vii. 2, p. 45.—R.]
Read the whole comment“And before this testimony also he saith, “There shall be a root of Jesse, and He that shall rise again to rule the Gentiles, in Him shall the Gentiles trust.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 10.
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Basil the Great
“He is the expectation of the Gentiles and not of the smallest division of the world, for it is written, “In that day there shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek.”” — editor's note: Is. xi. 10. The LXX. is καὶ ὁ ἀνιστάμενος ἄρχειν ἐθνῶν.
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Jerome
“Long before this sepulchre was hewn out by Joseph, its glory was foretold in Isaiah’s prediction, “his rest shall be glorious,” meaning that the place of the Lord’s burial should be held in universal honor.” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 10.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For “there shall be,” he saith, “the root of Jesse, and he that riseth to rule the nations, on him shall the nations hope.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 10.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“The Apostle also points out the words, Rejoice, O ye nations, with His people as those of the Son, and in corroboration further cites this:—And there shall be a root of Jesse, and One that shall arise to rule the nations; in Him shall the nations trust.” — editor's note: Isai. xi. 10 (Rom. xv. 12).
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Clement of Alexandria
“And they say that the seven eyes of the Lord “are the seven spirits resting on the rod that springs from the root of Jesse.”” — editor's note: Rev. v. 6; Isa. xi. 10. [Elucidation IV.]
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Cyprian of Carthage
“In the same, moreover: “And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall rise to rule in all the nations; in Him shall the Gentiles hope: and His rest shall be honour.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 10.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §34.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.6.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §34.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §34.
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