Song of Songs 3:4 (WEB)
I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.
Fathers and councils · 4
Cyril of Jerusalem
“I held Him, and would not let Him go.” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 3, 4.
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Ambrose of Milan
“My beloved came down into His garden to eat the fruit of His trees.” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 4, 16.
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Jerome
“But do you, having once for all cast away the burden of the world, sit at the Lord’s feet and say: “I have found him whom my soul loveth; I will hold him, I will not let him go.”” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 4.
Read the whole comment“Wounded with the Saviour’s shaft, we shall say one to another: “I have found Him whom my soul loveth; I will hold Him and will not let Him go.”” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 4, Vulg.
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