Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Kings 14:6

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 14, page 199, footnote 1 (Image)

Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John. (HTML)

John 9.1,2 (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1506 (In-Text, Margin)

... one’s very birth, and be punished for it; so when He said, “nor his parents,” He said not that one may be punished for his parents’ sake. This supposition He re moveth by the mouth of Ezekiel; “As I live saith the Lord, this proverb shall not be, that is used, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” (Ezek. xviii. 3, 2.) And Moses saith, “The father shall not die for the child, neither shall the child die for the father.” (Deut. xxiv. 16.) And of a certain king[2 Kings 14:6] Scripture saith, that for this very reason he did not this thing, observing the law of Moses. But if any one argue, “How then is it said, ‘Who visiteth the sins of the parents upon the children unto the third and fourth generation’?” (Deut. v. 9); ...