Romans 1:3 (WEB)
concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh,
Catechism · 2
"And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord"
“He was "designated Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his Resurrection from the dead".” — Catechism footnote: Rom 1:3; cf. Acts 13:33.
"Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"
- §496Paragraph 2 · "Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"Read at vatican.va
“…of God, truly born of a virgin,. . . he was truly nailed to a tree for us in his flesh under Pontius Pilate. . . he truly suffered, as he is also truly risen.” — Catechism footnote: St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Smyrn 1-2: Apostolic Fathers, ed. J. B. Lightfoot (London: Macmillan, 1889), 11/2, 289-293; SCh 10, 154-156; cf. Rom 1:3; Jn 1:13.
Fathers and councils · 42
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…to the flesh, who was predestinated the Son of God with power through the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead of our Lord Jesus Christ.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 1–4.
Read the whole comment“And again, in that to the Romans, he says, “Concerning His Son, who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh, who was predestinated as the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3, 4.
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Tertullian
“Thus does the apostle also teach respecting His two substances, saying, “who was made of the seed of David;” in which words He will be Man and Son of Man.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“Then, again, there is Paul, who was at once both a disciple, and a master, and a witness of the selfsame Gospel; as an apostle of the same Christ, also, he affirms that Christ “was made of the seed of David, according to the flesh,”—which, therefore, was His own likewise.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3; 2 Tim. ii. 8.
Read the whole comment“Now, that the very Lord Himself of all might, the Word and Spirit of the Father, was operating and preaching on earth, it was necessary that the portion of the Holy Spirit which, in the form of the prophetic gift, had been through John…” — editor's note: “It is most certain that the Son of God, the second Person of the Godhead, is in the writings of the fathers throughout called by the title of Spirit, Spirit…
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“For so far as He is man He was created, as the Apostle speaks; “He was made of the seed of David according to the flesh.” [Rom 1:3] For though God made the world, yet is it not right to say that it is the Son of God, or born by Him, but that it was made, or created, or formed by Him.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Paul also saith, Remember Jesus Christ raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Gospel: and in the beginning of the Epistle to the Romans he saith, Which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“For to this day the Manichees say, that, the resurrection of the Saviour was phantom-wise, and not real, not heeding Paul who says, Who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and again, By the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord from the dead.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3, 4. Cyril in his incomplete quotation of v. 4 makes ᾽Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Κ. ἡμ. depend on ἀναστάσεως. The right order and construction is given in R.V.…
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“And the lineage of Joseph being thus traced, Mary also is virtually shown to be of the same tribe with him, since, according to the law of Moses, intermarriages between different tribes were not permitted.” — editor's note: The law to which Eusebius refers is recorded in Num. xxxvi. 6, 7. But the prohibition given there was not an absolute and universal one, but a prohibition…
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Augustine of Hippo
“I was afraid, therefore, to believe Him to be born in the flesh, lest I should be compelled to believe Him contaminated by the flesh.” — editor's note: The dualistic belief of the Manichæan ever led him to contend that Christ only appeared in a resemblance of flesh, and did not touch its substance so as to be…
Read the whole comment“For He doth not say, Christ is not David’s Son, but if ye already hold that He is his Son, learn how He is his Lord: and do not hold in respect of Christ that He is the Son of Man, for so is He David’s Son; and leave out that He is the Son of God, for so is He David’s Lord.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“Man of the seed of David, God the Lord of David, of the Jews having flesh.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“Captivated with this woman’s beauty, the wife of another, the king and prophet David, from whose seed according to the flesh the Lord was to come, committed adultery with her.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“David indeed was, as we know, a holy prophet, king of Israel, son of Jesse: but because out of his seed there came for our salvation after the flesh the Lord Jesus Christ, often under that name He is figured, and David instead of Christ is in a figure set down, because of the origin of the Flesh of the Same.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“For Christ, as saith the Apostolic Gospel, is, as we know, as we confess, of the seed of David after the flesh; for after the Godhead He is above David, above all men, above heaven and earth, above angels, above all things visible and invisible.…And because already it had…” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3; Matt. i. 1.
Read the whole comment“In the New Testament such expressions are most difficult to find.…“The King,” therefore, “of the virtues of the Beloved,” thus may be understood, as if it were to be said, the King of His virtues, because both King of Virtues is Christ, and the Beloved is the very same Christ.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3, 4.
Read the whole comment“But seeing that the Apostle Paul unmistakably tells us that “Christ was of the seed of David according to the flesh,” how much more ought we to accept without any hesitation the position that Mary herself also was descended in some way, according to the laws of blood, from the lineage of David?” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“But yet the apostle says to the Romans, “Concerning His Son who was made to Him of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead of Jesus Christ our Lord;” as though he were speaking above of some one else.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3, 4
Read the whole comment“…as Son of Man was afterwards to be subject; and the Apostle says that He is the Son of David, “who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment““When the fulness of time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman,” who was “made His Son of the seed of David according to the flesh.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“…we may understand it was said because none of his race was to reign, and that we may look to the race of David, whence also is sprung, according to the flesh, the Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“But we ought not to be in doubt here, or to see the fulfillment of these things save in Christ our Lord, who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh, lest we should vainly and uselessly look for some other here, like the carnal Jews.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“Nothing is clearer than this prophecy, in which by David, as distinguished by the title of king, Christ is to be understood, “who is made,” as the apostle says, “of the seed of David according to the flesh.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“Is it that He made Him, since our Lord Jesus Christ, though as God “all things were made by Him,” yet as man was Himself made; as the apostle says, “who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh?”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3
Read the whole comment“Hear the apostle openly declaring, “Who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“The Apostle Paul also says, “Who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;” and in his Epistle to Timothy, “Remember that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, [He that is] of the seed of David, according to my gospel.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“…afore by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, who was made for Him of the seed of David according to the flesh, who was predestinated the Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 1–4: ὁρισθέντος, determined, declared, not “predestinated,” which is a mistake of the Latin version used by Augustin.—Tr.
Read the whole comment“As far as pertains to the creaturehood wherein He was made of the seed of David according to the flesh, not even He Himself was yet where He would afterwards be: but He could say in this way, “where I am,” to let us understand that He was soon to ascend into…” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.4Book II
“…flesh, and who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead of Christ Jesus our Lord,” etc. Moreover, also the following, “Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 1–4.
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“What else then, besides these, is that will of the soul which receives a separate name, and which will, the apostle being opposed to our executing, says: “Ye cannot do the things that ye would?”” — editor's note: The text here is very obscure, and has given some trouble to commentators. The words are: “Quæ ergo ista est præter hæc voluntas animæ quæ extrinsecus…
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…of God which He had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures concerning His Son which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh,” and so on.” — editor's note: Romans i. 1–3
Read the whole comment“…concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and declared to be the Son of God with power” and so on.” — editor's note: Romans i. 1–4
Read the whole comment“Amen,” and again “Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3, 4
Read the whole comment“And to the Romans he writes “Concerning His son Jesus Christ…which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh.”” — editor's note: Romans i. 3
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Ambrose of Milan
“Furthermore, in another passage of Scripture, you may read: “Who was made for Him of the seed of David,” that is to say, in respect of the flesh He was “made” of the seed of David, but He was God begotten of God before the worlds.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
Read the whole comment“The Son, therefore, exists not “amongst” but above all things, being, indeed, after the flesh, of the people, of the Jews, but yet at the same time God over all, blessed for ever, having a Name which is above every name, it being said of Him, “Thou hast put all things in subjection under His feet.”” — editor's note: Rom. ix. 5; cf. i. 3.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Or how did men called Christians venture even to doubt whether the Lord, Who proceeded from Mary, while Son of God by Essence and Nature, is of the seed of David according to the flesh, and of the flesh of the Holy Mary?” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
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John Chrysostom
“Paul too when he says, “Who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh” ( Rom. i. 3 ), only teaches us that the word “made” is taken with a view to His Incarnation, as we allow.” — the author cites it
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Leo the Great
“…of God, which He had promised before by His prophets in the Holy Scripture concerning His son, who was made unto Him of the seed of David after the flesh,” he might have bestowed a loyal carefulness upon the pages of the prophets.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“And so the wise men saw and adored the Child of the tribe of Judah, “of the seed of David according to the flesh,” “made from a woman, made under the law,” which He had come “not to destroy but to fulfil.”” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…Son, Which was made of the seal of David according to the flesh, and was appointed to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of sanctification.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 2–4.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“He is called of the seed of David; and so perhaps you think the Man is honoured; but He is born of a Virgin, and this is on the Woman’s side.” — editor's note: Rom. i. 3.
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Cited together in Sermons Sermon 34.
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Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 1:20 (3) (Catena Aurea).
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