1 Kings 19:23
And he went to Najoth in Ramatha, and the spirit of the Lord came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied till he came to Najoth in Ramatha.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et abiit in Najoth in Ramatha, et factus est etiam super eum spiritus Domini, et ambulabat ingrediens, et prophetabat usque dum veniret in Najoth in Ramatha.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκεῖθεν ἐν Ἀυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμά, καὶ ἐγενήθη καὶ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ πνεῦμα θεοῦ, καὶ ἐπορεύετο προφητεύων ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμά.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ שָׁ֔ם אֶל נוית בָּרָמָ֑ה וַתְּהִי֩ עָלָ֨יו גַּם ה֜וּא ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הָלוֹךְ֙ וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔א עַד בֹּא֖וֹ בנוית בָּרָמָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine On Baptism, Against the Donatists, Chapter 24
Chapter 24. 34. I remember that I have already discussed at sufficient length the question of "the temple of God," and how this saying is to be taken, "As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." For neither are the covetous the temple of God, since it is written, "What agreement hath the temple of God with idols?" And Cyprian has adduced the testimony of Paul to the fact that covetousness is idolatry. But men put on Christ, sometimes so far as to receive the sacrament, sometimes so much further as to receive holiness of life. And the first of these is common to good and bad alike; the second, peculiar to the good and pious. Wherefore, if "baptism cannot be without the Spirit," then heretics have the Spirit also, but to destruction, not to salvation, just as was the case with Saul. …