Song of Songs 4:10 (WEB)
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“And that we might not think he had in view carnal love and bodily marriage, he at once excludes this meaning by saying“Thou hast ravished my heart, my bride, my sister.”” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 9, 10.
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Ambrose of Milan
““The smell of thy garments,” says He, “is above all spices.”” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 10.
Read the whole comment“My Beloved is white and ruddy.”” — editor's note: Cant. v. 10.
Read the whole comment“A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.”” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 10 ff.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins I.7.