Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Joshua 2
There are 3 footnotes for this reference.
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 8, footnote 5 (Image)
Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus
Clement of Rome (HTML)
First Epistle to the Corinthians (HTML)
Chapter XII.—The rewards of faith and hospitality. Rahab. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 53 (In-Text, Margin)
... Then she said to the men, “I know assuredly that the Lord your God hath given you this city, for the fear and dread of you have fallen on its inhabitants. When therefore ye shall have taken it, keep ye me and the house of my father in safety.” And they said to her, “It shall be as thou hast spoken to us. As soon, therefore, as thou knowest that we are at hand, thou shalt gather all thy family under thy roof, and they shall be preserved, but all that are found outside of thy dwelling shall perish.”[Joshua 2] Moreover, they gave her a sign to this effect, that she should hang forth from her house a scarlet thread. And thus they made it manifest that redemption should flow through the blood of the Lord to all them that believe and hope in God. Ye see, ...
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 9, page 232, footnote 10 (Image)
Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypses, Visio Pauli, Testament of Abraham, Acts of X/P, Zosimus, Aristides, Clement, Origen
The Epistles of Clement. (HTML)
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. (HTML)
The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. Rahab. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 4058 (In-Text, Margin)
... Then she said to the men, “I know assuredly that the Lord your God hath given you this city, for the fear and dread of you have fallen on its inhabitants. When therefore ye shall have taken it, keep ye me and the house of my father in safety.” And they said to her, “It shall be as thou hast spoken to us. As soon, therefore, as thou knowest that we are at hand, thou shalt gather all thy family under thy roof, and they shall be preserved, but all that are found outside of thy dwelling shall perish.”[Joshua 2] Moreover, they gave her a sign to this effect, that she should hang forth from her house a scarlet thread. And thus they made it manifest that redemption should flow through the blood of the Lord to all them that believe and hope in God. Ye see, ...
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 3, page 495, footnote 6 (Image)
Augustine: On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal Treatises, Moral Treatises
Moral Treatises of St. Augustin (HTML)
Against Lying. (HTML)
Section 32 (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 2444 (In-Text, Margin)
32. But, as for that which is written, that God did good to the Hebrew midwives, and to Rahab the harlot of Jericho,[Joshua 2] this was not because they lied, but because they were merciful to God’s people. That therefore which was rewarded in them was, not their deceit, but their benevolence; benignity of mind, not iniquity of lying. For, as it would not be marvellous and absurd if God on ac count of good works after done by them should be willing to forgive some evil works at another time before committed, so it is not to be marvelled at that God beholding at ...