4 Kings 5:9
So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Venit ergo Naaman cum equis et curribus, et stetit ad ostium domus Elisei :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἦλθεν Ναιμὰν ἐν ἵππῳ καὶ ἅρματι, καὶ ἔστη ἐπὶ θύρας οἴκου Ἐλεισαῖε.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיָּבֹ֥א נַעֲמָ֖ן בסוסו וּבְרִכְבּ֑וֹ וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד פֶּֽתַח הַבַּ֖יִת לֶאֱלִישָֽׁע
The Fathers on this verse
Origen Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John, Chapter XXVIII
Should any one object to the expression “He smote the water,” on account of the conclusion we arrived at above with respect to the Jordan, that it is a type of the Word who descended for us our descending, we rejoin that with the Apostle the rock is plainly said to be Christ, and that it is smitten twice with the rod, so that the people may drink of the spiritual rock which follows them. The “smiting” in this new difficulty is that of those who are fond of suggesting something that contradicts the conclusion even before they have learned what the question is which is in hand. …