Song of Songs 8:5 (WEB)
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
Fathers and councils · 6
Jerome
“Come then, fairest bride, concerning whom it is elsewhere said “Who is she that cometh up, all in white?” and pass on by way of this world, from the beginning of faith, and from Sanir, which is by interpretation, God of…” — editor's note: Cant. viii. 5.
Read the whole comment“When once you desire the wisdom of the true Solomon and come to Him, He will avow all His knowledge to you; He will lead you into His chamber with His royal hand; He will miraculously change your complexion so that it shall be said of you, “Who is this that goeth up and hath been made white?”” — editor's note: Cant. viii. 5, LXX.
Read the whole comment“…and on account of the glory of His triumph they have been changed into a white robe; and then, in truth, as concerns Christ’s flesh, were fulfilled the words,“Who is this that cometh up all in white, leaning upon her beloved?”” — editor's note: Cant. viii. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“No, but hers of whom it is said, “Who is this that cometh up made white?”” — editor's note: Sol. Song viii. 5. Dealbata; or, Vulgate, deliciis affluens.
Read the whole comment“…people, the body of the newly-married spouse of the only-begotten Son of God, of whom it is said in the Song of Songs, “Who is she that ascendeth, made white?”” — editor's note: Song of Sol. viii. 5, where Augustin, in dealbata, follows the Septuagint in their misreading and alteration of the original םִן־הַמִּדְבָּר, “from the…
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Ambrose of Milan
“And the daughters of Jerusalem beholding these garments say in amazement: “Who is this that cometh up made white?”” — editor's note: Cant. viii. 5.
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