Song of Songs 4:14 (WEB)
spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,
Fathers and councils · 2
Cyril of Jerusalem
“I have gathered My myrrh with My spices: and again, Myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices.” — editor's note: Cant. v. 1; iv. 14. Compare Cat. xiii. 32.
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Ephrem the Syrian
“As for Joseph’s Bride, not even his breath exhaled from her garments, since she conceived Cinnamon.” — editor's note: Cant. iv. 14.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 11.
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 11.