Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Kings 7

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 8, page 277, footnote 7 (Image)

Basil: Letters and Select Works

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To the same Amphilochius. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 2994 (In-Text, Margin)

... Judæa into four principalities, when Pilate was Procurator and Tiberius was Master of the Roman Empire. It is the indestructible kingdom which he calls the throne of David on which the Lord sat. He is the expectation of the Gentiles and not of the smallest division of the world, for it is written, “In that day there shall be a root of Jesse which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek.” “I have called thee…for a covenant of the people for a light of the Gentiles”;[2 Kings 7:13] and thus then God remained a priest although He did not receive the sceptre of Judah, and King of all the earth; so the blessing of Jacob was fulfilled, and in Him “shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,” and all the nations shall call the ...