Isaiah 65:1 (WEB)
“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
Fathers and councils · 12
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.77Book II
“For through their sin salvation came to the Gentiles, respecting whom the Christ who speaks in the prophecies says, “A people whom I did not know became subject to Me: they were obedient to the hearing of My ear;” and, “I was found of them who sought Me not; I became manifest to those who inquired not after Me.”” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. lxv. 1.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“He of whom He has said, “God shall come openly, our God, and shall not keep silence;” that is, the Son, who came manifested to men who said, “I have openly appeared to those who seek Me not.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1.
Read the whole comment“…a King, “of whose kingdom is no end;” and frankincense, because He was God, who also “was made known in Judea,” and was “declared to those who sought Him not.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1. [A beautiful idea for poets and orators, but not to be pressed dogmatically.]
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And for this reason He cried thus: “I am made manifest to them that sought me not; I am found of them that asked not for me.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1.
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Justin Martyr
“‘For I was manifest to them that sought Me not; I was found of them that asked not for Me;’ He exclaims by Isaiah: ‘I said, Behold Me, unto nations which were not called by My name.” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“‘Behold, I am God,’ He says, ‘to the nation which called not on My name.’” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
“They were deaf to that sound, amid whom it was sung; they were found with their ears open, of whom it was said, “They shall see him, who were not told of him; they shall understand who heard not.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1.
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Leo the Great
“…statement of the Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord God who is found and revealed even to those who seek Him not, yes, even to those who ask not for Him, in spite of some attempts to resist at first, nevertheless showed us His Truth, and ordained that it should be written down and proclaimed by all unanimously…” — editor's note: Cf. Is. lxv. 1.
Read the whole comment“These words will I do for them, and not forsake them.”” — editor's note: Is. xlii. 16, and lxv. 1.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For of whom do the prophets say: “I was made manifest to them that sought me not, I was found of them that asked not for me: I said Behold, here am I, to the nation that had not called upon my name; I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1, 2; cf. Rom. x. 20, sq.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“I have spread out My hands all the day to an unbelieving and gainsaying people.” — editor's note: Isai. lxv. 1, 2.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“I said, Lo, here am I, to a nation that has not called upon my name.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 1.
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Cross-references · 21
Cited together with
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §37.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §37.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.77.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.77.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 24.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 24.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §37.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 119.
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Parallel passages
Wisdom 14:18 and Isaiah 65:1 share the same wording (10 words).
Quoted in
Romans 10:20 takes up the words of Isaiah 65:1 (14 words in common).
