Psalm 2:3 (WEB)
“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”
Fathers and councils · 10
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VIII.54Book VIII
“And Jesus Himself, as Isaiah also foretold of Him, arose as “a light to them that sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,” so that we may therefore say, “Let us break their bands asunder, and cast their cords from us.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 3.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Angels stood ready at hand, saying, Let us burst their bands in sunder; but they hold back, because their Lord willed to undergo it.” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yoke from us” (ver. 3).” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“On this account also one hath said, “My days have failed like smoke.”” — editor's note: Ps. cii. 3, LXX. [R.V., “My days consume away like smoke.” The LXX. has the aorist, hence, “have failed” is the rendering here adopted. Some editions of…
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Tertullian
“The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against His Anointed.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 3, 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“…vain devices;” after that “the kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers took their counsel together against the Lord, and against His Christ.”” — editor's note: Comp. Ps. ii. 2, 3, with Acts iv. 25–30.
Read the whole comment“For he remembered that the time was come of which the Psalm spake, “Let us break their bands asunder, and cast off their yoke from us;” since the time when “the nations became tumultuous, and the people imagined vain counsels;” when “the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were…” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 3.
Read the whole comment“…us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us, since the rulers have gathered themselves together against the Lord and against His Christ.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 3, 2.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yoke from us.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away from us their yoke.”” — editor's note: Ps. ii. 1–3.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.54.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.54.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.54.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.54.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.54.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.14 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.54.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.54.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.120.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.120.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.54.