Jonah 3:5 (WEB)
The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
Fathers and councils · 5
Ambrose of Milan
“So, too, did the people of Nineveh mourn, and escaped the destruction of their city.” — editor's note: Jon. iii. 5.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“For when the news of our calamity shall have been spread abroad, then will the ways be full of mourning crowds, and the sheep of his flock will pour themselves forth, and like the Ninevites utter the voice of lamentation, or, rather, will lament more bitterly than they.” — editor's note: Jonah iii. 5.
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Jerome
“Nineveh was saved by its tears from the impending ruin caused by its sin.” — editor's note: Jon. iii. 5, 10.
Read the whole comment“The same conduct is in the Chronicles attributed to Manasseh, and in the book of the prophet Jonah to Nineveh, and in the gospel to the publican.” — editor's note: Jon. iii. 5–10.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Let us sow in tears, that we may reap in joy, let us show ourselves men of Nineveh, not of Sodom.” — editor's note: Gen. xix. 17, 23; Jonah iii. 5.
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Cross-references · 12
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Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.6.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.6.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.6.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.6.