Psalm 22:12 (WEB)
Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
““Fat bulls closed Me in” (ver. 12).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“They were able to crucify a man, weakness might prevail and virtue be slain; and they thought themselves somewhat, as it were strong men, as it were mighty men, as it were prevailing, as it were a lion prepared for prey, as it were fat bulls, as of them in another place he maketh mention: “Fat bulls have beset me.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxii. 12.
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Leo the Great
“For ye resolved on a mad and bloody counsel, ye “fat bulls,” ye “many oxen,” ye “roaring” wild beasts, ye rabid “dogs,” to give up to death the Author of life and the Lord of glory; and, as if the enormity of your fury could be palliated by employing the verdict of him, who…” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. xxii. 12, 13, 16.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 54.
