Isaiah 63:16 (WEB)
For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, LORD, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
Fathers and councils · 6
Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Isaiah 63:16) They were not angry then because He called God His Father, but because He called Him so in a sense different from men.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For when in Esaias God is addressed thus, For Thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Sarah travailed not with us, need we inquire further on this point?” — editor's note: Is. lxiii. 16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Isaiah the Prophet says, “For Thou art our Father: because Abraham hath not known us, and Israel is not cognizant of us.”” — editor's note: Is. lxiii. 16
Read the whole comment“True, but it may be that, not while the things were doing in their lifetime, but after their death, he learned these things, by information of Lazarus: that it be not false which the Prophet saith, “Abraham hath not known us.”” — editor's note: Is. lxiii. 16
Read the whole comment“For we all say to God, “Our Father which art in heaven;” we read also that the Jews said, “Seeing Thou art our Father.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiii. 16.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“To speak in a more feeling strain, trusting in Him Who then forsook me, as in a Father, “Abraham has been ignorant of us, Israel has acknowledged us not, but Thou art our Father, and unto Thee do we look; beside Thee we know none else, we make mention of Thy name.”” — editor's note: Isai. lxiii. 16.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 17.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 17.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 17.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 17.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 17.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 17.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 5:14–18 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 5:14–18 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 5:14–18 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 16.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 16.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 16.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 16.
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 16.