Psalm 74:13 (WEB)
You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Damascene
“Now He is baptized not as Himself requiring purification but as making my purification His own, that He may break the heads of the dragons on the water, that He may wash away sin and bury all the old Adam in water, that He may sanctify the Baptist, that He may fulfil the Law, that He may reveal the mystery of…” — editor's note: Ps . lxxiv. 13.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“It is the Sign of the faithful, and the dread of devils: for He triumphed over them in it, having made a shew of them openly; for when they see the Cross they are reminded of the Crucified; they are afraid of Him, who bruised the heads of the dragon.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiv. 13.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Thou didst confirm in Thy virtue the sea” (ver. 13).” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“His destruction is thus described in the book of Psalms: “Thou didst endow the sea with virtue through thy power: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters: thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxiv. 13, 14 LXX.
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