Song of Songs 2:3 (WEB)
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Fathers and councils · 4
Ambrose of Milan
“In His shadow I delighted and sat down, and His fruit was sweet to my palate.” — editor's note: Cant. ii. 3.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…cry in the words of the Song of Songs “My beloved is mine and I am his;” “I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.”” — editor's note: Canticles ii. 16, 3
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Jerome
“(Hence in the Song of Songs the joyous cry of the bride: “I sat down under his shadow with great delight and his fruit was sweet to my taste.”)” — editor's note: Cant. ii. 3.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“The free woman, my Son, is Thy handmaid: also if she who is in bondage serve Thee, in Thee she is free: in Thee she shall be comforted, because she is freed; hidden apples in her bosom are stored up, if she love Thee!” — editor's note: Cant. ii. 3.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Letters Letter 97.
Cited together in Letters Letter 97.
Cited together in Letters Letter 97.
Cited together in Letters Letter 97.
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 97.
Cited together in Letters Letter 97.
Cited together in Letters Letter 97.
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 12.
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 12.
Cited together in Letters Letter 97.