Isaiah 59:5 (WEB)
They hatch adders’ eggs and weave the spider’s web. He who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
Fathers and councils · 5
Gregory of Nyssa
“Of such a kind as this, perhaps, is that of which the prophet says, touching the ungodly, “They weave a spider’s web.”” — editor's note: Is. lix. 5.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“They have hatched the eggs of an asp, and woven a spider’s web; and he who is prepared to eat of their eggs, when he breaks them finds gall, and a basilisk therein.’” — editor's note: Ib. lix. 4, 5.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“So, as the prophet says, I regard the contrivances of calumny as “a spider’s web.”” — editor's note: Isaiah lix. 5
Read the whole comment“As the prophet says “They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web; and he that would eat of their eggs when he breaks them findeth rottenness, and therein is a viper,” Wherefore we confidently cry “Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works.”” — editor's note: Is. lix. 5, lxx.
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Aphrahat
“…and planting of Gomorrha to eat bitter grapes and gather clusters of gall; and to eat the eggs of the basilisk and to clothe themselves with spiders’ webs, to be used with wild grapes of the vineyard, and to be turned into reprobate silver.” — editor's note: Is. lix. 5.
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Cross-references · 11
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Cited together in Against Eunomius II.7.
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