Malachi 4:6 (WEB)
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
Fathers and councils · 7
John Damascene
“But Enoch and Elias the Thesbite shall be sent and shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, that is, the synagogue to our Lord Jesus Christ and the preaching of the apostles: and they will be destroyed by him.” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 6; Apoc. xi. 3.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
Again, He will restore all things, that is to say, those things which Malachi points out, saying, “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet, and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart…
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John Chrysostom
“For “I will send you,” it is said, “Elias the Tishbite, who shall turn the heart of the father to the children.”” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5, 6 [LXX., but with “children” substituted for “son.”—R.]
Read the whole comment“Such as the Prophet Malachi spake of; for “I will send you,” saith He, “Elias the Tishbite, who shall restore the heart of father to son, lest I come and utterly smite the earth.”” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5, 6, LXX.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“In the year that is thirteenth, let the dead praise Him with us, because they are quickened, and the living, because they have turned to repentance, because height and depth were set at one by Him.” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 6.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…of the Lord come: and he shall turn the heart of the father to the son, and the heart of a man to his next of kin, lest I come and utterly smite the earth.”” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5, 6.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…comes; and he shall turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, lest I come and smite the earth utterly.”” — editor's note: Mal. iv. 5, 6.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together with
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 9:9–13 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The City of God XX.29.
Cited together in The City of God XX.29.
Cited together in The City of God XX.29.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Parallel passages
2 Chronicles 6:30 and Malachi 4:6 share the same wording (9 words).
Proverbs 15:11 and Malachi 4:6 share the same wording (9 words).
Quoted in
Luke 1:17 takes up the words of Malachi 4:6 (11 words in common).