Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Kings 4:40

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 26, footnote 2 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 402 (In-Text, Margin)

... behold there was a cake and a cruse of water at his head. Had God willed it, might He not have sent His prophet spiced wines and dainty dishes and flesh basted into tenderness? When Elisha invited the sons of the prophets to dinner, he only gave them field-herbs to eat; and when all cried out with one voice: “There is death in the pot,” the man of God did not storm at the cooks (for he was not used to very sumptuous fare), but caused meal to be brought, and casting it in, sweetened the bitter mess[2 Kings 4:38-41] with spiritual strength as Moses had once sweetened the waters of Mara. Again, when men were sent to arrest the prophet, and were smitten with physical and mental blindness, that he might bring them without their own knowledge to Samaria, notice the ...