Isaiah 35:3 (WEB)
Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.
Fathers and councils · 11
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear,” and that “the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, shall be strengthened,” and that “the dead which are in the grave shall arise,” and that He Himself “shall take [upon Him] our weaknesses, and bear our sorrows,”— [all these]…” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 3.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“Behold our God recompenseth judgment and will recompense, he will come and save us.’” — editor's note: Ibid. 3, 4.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.12Conference XIII
“He strengthens us when He says: “And I have chastised them, and strengthened their arms; and they have imagined evil against me;” and He exhorts us to strengthen ourselves when He says: “Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make strong the feeble knees.”” — editor's note: Is. xxxv. 3.
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Justin Martyr
“Then the lame shall leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be distinct: for water has broken forth in the wilderness, and a valley in the thirsty land; and the parched ground shall become pools, and a spring of water shall [rise up] in the thirsty land.’” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 1–7.
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Ambrose of Milan
“I have no silver, neither do I require any; I have no gold, neither do I desire it, but I have what you rich men have not, I have what even you would consider to be of more value, and I give it to the poor, namely that I say in the Name of Jesus: “Be strengthened, ye weak hands, and ye feeble knees.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 3.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For the Scripture says: “Be strong ye hands that hang down, and feeble knees; comfort ye, ye of faint mind; be strong, fear not.” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 3, sqq.
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Tertullian
“Or else, were not the eyes of the blind opened? did not the tongue of the dumb recover speech? did not the relaxed hands and palsied knees become strong, and the lame leap as an hart?” — editor's note: Ver. 3.
Read the whole comment““Be strong, ye weak hands, and ye feeble knees:” this refers to the palsy.” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 3 in an altered form.
Read the whole comment“For in this very example He fulfils the prophetic announcement of a specific healing: “The weak hands are strengthened,” as were also “the feeble knees” in the sick of the palsy.” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 3.
Read the whole comment“Lastly, you may discover the suitable times of the promise, if you read what precedes the passage: “Be strong, ye weak hands and ye feeble knees: then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear; then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be articulate.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 3, 5, 6, Sept.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Then the lame man shall leap as a stag, and the tongue of the dumb shall be intelligible; because in the wilderness the water is broken forth, and the stream in the thirsty land.”” — editor's note: Isa. xxxv. 3–6.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §37.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §37.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §37.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §37.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 69.
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