4 Kings 5:25
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Eliseus said: Whence comest thou, Giezi? He answered: Thy servant went no whither.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ipse autem ingressus, stetit coram domino suo. Et dixit Eliseus : Unde venis, Giezi ? Qui respondit : Non ivit servus tuus quoquam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν καὶ παρειστήκει πρὸς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἐλεισαῖε Πόθεν Γιεζεί; καὶ εἶπεν Γιεζεί Οὐ πεπόρευται ὁ δοῦλός σου ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהוּא בָא֙ וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד אֶל אֲדֹנָ֔יו וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ אֱלִישָׁ֔ע מאן גֵּחֲזִ֑י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לֹֽא הָלַ֥ךְ עַבְדְּךָ֖ אָ֥נֶה וָאָֽנָה
The Fathers on this verse
St Cyril of Jerusalem On the Article, And in One Holy Ghost, the Comforter, Which Spake in the Prophets
17. Peter was not with Ananias and Sapphira when they sold their possessions, but he was present by the Spirit; Why , he says, hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost ? There was no accuser; there was no witness; whence knew he what had happened? Whiles it remained was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? The unlettered Peter, through the grace of the Spirit, learnt what not even the wise men of the Greeks had known. Thou hast the like in the case also of Elisseus. For when he had freely healed the leprosy of Naaman, Gehazi received the reward, the reward of another’s achievement; and he took the money from Naaman, and bestowed it in a dark place. But the darkness is not hidden from the Saints. …