Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Wisdom of Solomon 10:7

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 225, footnote 6 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 3119 (In-Text, Margin)

... interpretation a stone;” while the latter, whose name Nathanael means the gift of God, was comforted by Christ’s witness to him: “behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile.” So of old Lot desired to rescue his wife as well as his two daughters, and refusing to leave blazing Sodom and Gomorrah until he was himself half-on-fire, tried to lead forth one who was tied and bound by her past sins. But in her despair she lost her composure, and looking back became a monument of an unbelieving soul.[Wisdom of Solomon 10:7] Yet, as if to make up for the loss of a single woman, Lot’s glowing faith set free the whole city of Zoar. In fact when he left the dark valleys in which Sodom lay and came to the mountains, the sun rose upon him as he entered Zoar or the little ...