Isaiah 40:9 (WEB)
You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Don’t be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
Fathers and councils · 9
Cyril of Jerusalem
“Behold! the Lord cometh with strength!” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“For in the power of the Holy Ghost, by the will of Father and Son, Peter stood with the Eleven, and lifting up his voice, (according to the text, Lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem), captured in the spiritual net of his words, about three thousand souls.” — editor's note: Is. xl. 9.
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Justin Martyr
“But Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering; and all the nations are considered nothing, and for nothing.’ ”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 1–17.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
““He ascended a mountain,” first, that He might fulfil the prophecy of Esaias, “Get thee up into a mountain;” [Isa 40:9] secondly, to shew that as well he who teaches, as he who hears the righteousness of God should stand on a high ground of spiritual virtues; for none can abide in the valley and speak from a mountain.” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
“And this: “God the mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace;” and: “of His kingdom there shall be no end.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 9; xxv. 9; ix. 6, 7.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“We will get us up into a high mountain, and will shout, if we be not heard, below; we will exalt the Spirit; we will not be afraid; or if we are afraid, it shall be of keeping silence, not of proclaiming.” — editor's note: Ib. xl. 9.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence it is said through the prophet, Get thee up into the high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion (Isai. xl. 9): which means that he who is engaged in heavenly preaching should already have forsaken the low level of earthly works, and appear as standing on…” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
““Into the high mountain,” says Isaiah, “get Thee up, who bringest good tidings to Sion; lift up Thy voice with strength, who bringest good tidings to Jerusalem.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 9.
Read the whole comment“For the Creator Himself promises the gospel, when He says by Isaiah: “Get thee up into the high mountain, thou that bringest to Sion good tidings; lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest the gospel to Jerusalem.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 9 (Septuagint).
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 5:1–3 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 5:1–3 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.10.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.10.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule II.3.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 5:1–3 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.10.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.10.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.10.