Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Exodus 3:10

There is 1 footnote for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 4, page 261, footnote 6 (Image)

Athanasius: Select Writings and Letters

Defence of His Flight. (Apologia de Fuga.) (HTML)

Defence of His Flight. (Apologia de Fuga.) (HTML)

The Saints who fled were no cowards. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1471 (In-Text, Margin)

Of a truth no one can possibly doubt that they were well furnished with the virtue of fortitude. For the Patriarch Jacob who had before fled from Esau, feared not death when it came, but at that very time blessed the Patriarchs, each according to his deserts. And the great Moses, who previously had hid himself from Pharaoh, and had withdrawn into Midian for fear of him, when he received the commandment, ‘Return into Egypt[Exodus 3:10],’ feared not to do so. And again, when he was bidden to go up into the mountain Abarim and die, he delayed not through cowardice, but even joyfully proceeded thither. And David, who had before fled from Saul, feared not to risk his life in war in defence of his people; but having the ...