Isaiah 52:5 (WEB)
“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says the LORD, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
Fathers and councils · 7
Cyril of Jerusalem
“…we say so or not; but since it is sometimes profaned among sinners, according to the words, Through you My Name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles, we pray that in us God’s Name may be hallowed; not that it comes to be holy from not being holy, but because it becomes holy in us, when we are made holy, and…” — editor's note: Is. lii. 5; Rom. ii. 24.
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Justin Martyr
“And Isaiah cries justly: ‘By reason of you, My name is blasphemed among the Gentiles.’” — editor's note: Isa. lii. 5.
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John Chrysostom
“And not for this only, but for that they have been the cause that God is blasphemed among the Gentiles: “My Name,” He saith, “is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you.” ( Rom. ii. 24; Isa. lii. 5.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“Else, if of all blasphemy it has been said, “By your means My Name is blasphemed,” we all perish at once; since the whole circus, with no desert of ours, assails “the Name” with wicked suffrages.” — editor's note: Isa. lii. 5; Ezek. xxxvi. 20, 23. Cf. 2 Sam. xii. 14; Rom. ii. 24.
Read the whole comment“After his time their madness still continued, and the name of the Lord was blasphemed by them, as saith the Scripture: “Because of you my name is continually blasphemed amongst the nations” (for from them did the blasphemy originate); neither in the interval from Tiberius to Vespasian did they learn repentance.” — editor's note: Isa. lii. 5.
Read the whole comment“…Him; as when He says by Isaiah to the Jews, who were the instigators of hatred against Him: “Because of you, my name is blasphemed amongst the Gentiles;” and in another passage: “Lay the penalty on Him who surrenders His own life, who is held in contempt by the Gentiles, whether servants or magistrates.”” — editor's note: Isa. lii. 5.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…name so venerable; shouting it, and having it shouted in return, almost in public, and every day; for My Name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” — editor's note: Isai. lii. 5; Rom. ii. 24.
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Cross-references · 18
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Idolatry Chapter 14.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.22.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.22.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion III.22.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17.
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