3 Kings 20:41
But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one of the prophets.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- At ille statim abstersit pulverem de facie sua, et cognovit eum rex Israël, quod esset de prophetis.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from 3 Kings 21:41
- καὶ ἔσπευσεν καὶ ἀφεῖλεν τὸν τελαμῶνα ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέγνω αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ὅτι ἐκ τῶν προφητῶν οὗτος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיְמַהֵ֕ר וַיָּ֨סַר֙ אֶת הָ֣אֲפֵ֔ר מעל עֵינָ֑יו וַיַּכֵּ֤ר אֹתוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י מֵֽהַנְּבִאִ֖ים הֽוּא
The Fathers on this verse
The Ecumenical Councils The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice, The Letter of the Synod to the Emperor and Empress
And as the hands and feet are moved in accordance with the directions of the mind, so likewise, we, having received the grace and strength of the Spirit, and having also the assistance and co-operation of your royal authority, have with one voice declared as piety and proclaimed as truth: that the sacred icons of our Lord Jesus Christ are to be had and retained, inasmuch as he was very man; also those which set forth what is historically narrated in the Gospels; and those which represent our undefiled Lady, the holy Mother of God; and likewise those of the Holy Angels (for they have manifested themselves in human form to those who were counted worthy of the vision of them), or of any of the Saints. …