Isaiah 63:9 (WEB)
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Again, that it should not be a mere man who should save us, nor [one] without flesh—for the angels are without flesh—[the same prophet] announced, saying: “Neither an elder, nor angel, but the Lord Himself will save them because He loves them, and will spare them: He will Himself set them free.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiii. 9.
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Tertullian
“Hear what Isaiah says in emphatic words, “It was no angel, nor deputy, but the Lord Himself who saved them.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiii. 9.
Read the whole comment““Not an ambassador, nor an angel, but He Himself,” says Isaiah, “shall save them;” for it is He Himself who is now declaring and fulfilling the law and the prophets.” — editor's note: Isa. lxiii. 9, according to the Septuagint; only he reads faciet for aorist ἔσωσεν.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in that place: “Not an elder nor an angel, but the Lord Himself shall deliver them; because He shall love them, and shall spare them, and He Himself shall redeem them.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiii. 9.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 14.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 14.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 14.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 14.