Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
2 Kings 4:17
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 4, page 657, footnote 3 (Image)
Tertullian (IV), Minucius Felix, Commodian, Origen
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... and there are other instances of the same thing. Let him also read the account of Hezekiah, who not only recovered from his sickness, according to the prediction of Isaiah, but was also bold enough to say, “Afterwards I shall beget children, who shall declare Thy righteousness.” And in the fourth book of Kings we read that the prophet Elisha made known to a woman who had received him hospitably, that by the grace of God she should have a son; and through the prayers of Elisha she became a mother.[2 Kings 4:17] The maimed were cured by Jesus in great numbers. And the books of the Maccabees relate what punishments were inflicted upon those who dared to profane the Jewish service in the temple at Jerusalem.