Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Judges 14:19
There are 2 footnotes for this reference.
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 575, footnote 7 (Image)
Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus
Irenæus (HTML)
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus (HTML)
XL. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 4882 (In-Text, Margin)
“And he found the jaw-bone of an ass.” It is to be observed that, after [Samson had committed] fornication, the holy Scripture no longer speaks of the things happily accomplished by him in connection with the formula, “The Spirit of the Lord came upon him.”[Judges 14:6-19] For thus, according to the holy apostle, the sin of fornication is perpetrated against the body, as involving also sin against the temple of God.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 10, page 116, footnote 5 (Image)
Ambrose: Select Works and Letters
Dogmatic Treatises, Ethical Works, and Sermons. (HTML)
On the Holy Spirit. (HTML)
Book II. (HTML)
Introduction. (HTML)
10. “And the Spirit of the Lord,” it is said, “came upon him, and he went down to Ascalon, and smote thirty men of them.”[Judges 14:19] For he could not fail to carry off the victory who saw the mysteries. And so in the garments they receive the reward of wisdom, the badge of intercourse, who resolve and answer the riddle.