Zechariah 5:7 (WEB)
and behold, a lead cover weighing one talent was lifted up—and there was a woman sitting in the middle of the ephah basket.”
Fathers and councils · 5
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.26Book VI
“…which in a certain place is figuratively termed “lead,” and on that account iniquity is represented in Zechariah as sitting upon a “talent of lead.”” — editor's note: Cf. Zech. v. 7.
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John Chrysostom
“And Zacharias too, describing her, saith she is “A talent of lead.”” — editor's note: Zech. v. 7, 8.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“That the burden of sin is heavy the Prophet Zachariah bears witness, saying, that wickedness sitteth upon a talent of lead. [margin note: Zech 5:7] And the Psalmist fills it up, “Thy iniquities are grown heavy upon me.” [Ps 38:4]” — the author cites it
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“…owed talents; one who was therefore become a debtor of many talents, because he had followed the woman sitting upon a talent of lead, whose name is Iniquity. [Zech 5:7]” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nyssa
- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.18On Virginity
“For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way “fly like clouds,” as Isaiah says, “and as doves with their young ones”; but sin is a heavy affair, “sitting,” as another of the prophets says, “upon a talent of lead.”” — editor's note: Zech. v. 7. “this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah:” ἐπὶ μέσον τοῦ μέτρου (LXX.). Origen and Jerome as well as Gregory make her sit upon the…
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 18:23–35 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 18:23–35 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 18:23–35 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 11:28–30 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.18.