1 Kings 21:3
Now therefore if thou have any thing at hand, though it were but five loaves, give me, or whatsoever thou canst find.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Nunc ergo si quid habes ad manum, vel quinque panes, da mihi, aut quidquid inveneris.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ νῦν εἰσὶν ὑπὸ τὴν χεῖρά σου πέντε ἄρτοι; δὸς εἰς χεῖρά μου τὸ εὑρεθέν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from 1 Kings 21:4
- וְעַתָּ֗ה מַה יֵּ֧שׁ תַּֽחַת יָדְךָ֛ חֲמִשָּׁה לֶ֖חֶם תְּנָ֣ה בְיָדִ֑י א֖וֹ הַנִּמְצָֽא
The Fathers on this verse
Tertullian The Five Books Against Marcion, Christ's Authority Over the Sabbath. As Its Lord He Recalled It from Pharisaic Neglect to the Original Purpose of Its Institution by the Creator the Case of the Disciples Who Plucked the Ears of Corn on the Sabbath. The Withered Hand Healed on the Sabbath
Concerning the Sabbath also I have this to premise, that this question could not have arisen, if Christ did not publicly proclaim the Lord of the Sabbath. Nor could there be any discussion about His annulling the Sabbath, if He had a right to annul it. Moreover, He would have the right, if He belonged to the rival god; nor would it cause surprise to any one that He did what it was right for Him to do. Men’s astonishment therefore arose from their opinion that it was improper for Him to proclaim the Creator to be God and yet to impugn His Sabbath. …