Song of Songs 5:10 (WEB)
My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“By pomegranates and fruits is signified the blending of all virtues in virginity.“My beloved is white and ruddy”; white in virginity, ruddy in martyrdom.” — editor's note: Cant. v. 10.
Read the whole comment“Thus in the Song of Songs it is written: “my beloved is white and ruddy;” for, whether the victory be won in peace or in war, God gives the same guerdon to those who win it.” — editor's note: Cant. v. 10.
Read the whole comment“And that which is written in the same book:“My beloved is white and ruddy.”” — editor's note: Cant. v. 10.
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John Cassian
“Ambrose, that illustrious priest of God, who never leaving the Lord’s hand, ever shone like a jewel upon the finger of God, thus speaks in his book to the Virgins: “My brother is white and ruddy.” — editor's note: Cf. Cant. v. 10 (LXX.).
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius VII.25.