Psalm 34:5 (WEB)
They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
Fathers and councils · 18
Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Ps. 34:5. accedite ad eum, Vulg.)” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Take heed what you say, and blush for shame; draw near unto Him and be “lightened,” and your faces shall not be “ashamed.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
Read the whole comment“I have said who was the exhorter, namely, that lover who would not alone embrace what he loveth, and saith, “Approach unto Him, and be ye lightened” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Draw near to Him, and be made light:” because by withdrawing ye are made dark.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
Read the whole comment““Draw near unto Him, and be ye enlightened, and your faces shall not blush.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
Read the whole comment“If thou approach Him, thou wilt be in light; therefore saith the Psalm, “Look upon Him, and be lightened; and your faces shall not be ashamed.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5, Bible Version.
Read the whole comment“…day is spoken of, not meaning the Lord, but that “day which the Lord hath made,” and on account of which it is said, “Come unto Him, and be lightened.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
Read the whole comment“At the same time, however, we must be careful enough to discern a certain mystical depth in the phraseology adopted by the evangelist, which is in accordance with these words of the Psalm, “Come ye to Him, and be ye lightened.”” — editor's note: Accedite ad eum et illuminamini. Ps. xxxiv. 5.
Read the whole comment“He that now sees himself to be darkened by sins, and desires to be enlightened by it, draws near to it: whence the Psalm saith, “Draw near unto Him, and be ye enlightened; and your faces shall not be ashamed.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
Read the whole comment“…Him as its light, to whom it is sung in the Psalm, “I will guard my strength in dependence upon Thee,” and again, “Draw near to Him, and be enlightened,”—it has been made so weak and so dark, that it has fallen away unhappily from itself too, to those things that are not what itself is, and which are beneath…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5
Read the whole comment“Moreover, if man is empty, in that he is a liar, and he seeks to be filled, and with haste and eagerness runs to the fountain, he wishes to be filled, he is empty.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6, Sept. (xxxiv. 5, English version).
Read the whole comment“Nor is it with any other view that the Apostle Paul saith, “All have sinned, and have need of the glory of God; that “whosoever believeth on Him, should not be confounded;” as the Psalm also saith “Come ye unto Him, and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be confounded.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6, Sept. (xxxiv. 5, English version).
Read the whole comment“In the same sense we understand what the Psalmist sings, “Draw near unto Him, and be enlightened; and your faces shall not be ashamed.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
Read the whole comment“They took Him to whom they had never found access: for He continued the day, while they remained as darkness; neither had they given heed to the words, “Come unto Him, and be enlightened.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Isaiah cried saying, “Wash you, make you clean, put away evil from your souls;” and David, “Draw nigh to Him and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be ashamed.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5 (LXX.).
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Therefore approach ye to Him and be enlightened, and let not your faces be ashamed, being signed with the true Light.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
Read the whole comment“XXIV. Therefore since you have heard these words, come forward to it, and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be ashamed through missing the Grace.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
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Leo the Great
“Confine the material light to your bodily senses, and with all your mental powers embrace that “true light which lighteth every man that cometh into this world,” and of which the prophet says, “Come unto Him and be enlightened, and your faces shall not blush.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiv. 5.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 112.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.10.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 18:12–14 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 18:12–14 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 18:12–14 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Confessions VIII.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.10.
Cited together in Confessions VIII.10.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.14.