Revelation 7:17 (WEB)
for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“But though in former times death was mighty and devoured, at the holy Laver of regeneration God has wiped away every tear from off all faces.” — editor's note: Is. xxv. 8; Rev. vii. 17.
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Tertullian
“The angel echoes the same to John: “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;” from the same eyes indeed which had formerly wept, and which might weep again, if the loving-kindness of God did not dry up every fountain of tears.” — editor's note: Rev. vii. 17.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“They shall neither hunger nor thirst ever; and neither shall the sun fall upon them, nor shall they suffer any heat: for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall protect them, and shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life; and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.”” — editor's note: Rev. vii. 9–17.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 58.