Exodus 17:4
And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: What shall I do to this people? Yet a little more and they will stone me.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Clamavit autem Moyses ad Dominum, dicens : Quid faciam populo huic ? adhuc paululum, et lapidabit me.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐβόησεν δὲ Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον λέγων Τί ποιήσω τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ; ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ καταλιθοβολὴσουσίν με.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּצְעַ֤ק מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל יְהוָ֣ה לֵאמֹ֔ר מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה ע֥וֹד מְעַ֖ט וּסְקָלֻֽנִי
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom Homilies on First Corinthians, Homily V
[9.] Next, tell me with what view were they to take such a course? They did not immediately, leaving Judæa, go into the Gentile cities, but went up and down within its limit. But how, unless they worked miracles, did they convince? For if such they really wrought, (and work them they did) it was the result of God’s power. If on the other hand they wrought none and prevailed, much more wonderful was the event. Knew they not the Jews, tell me, and their evil practice, and their soul full of grudgings? For they stoned even Moses, ( Numb. xiv. 10. comp. Exod. xvii. …
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians, Colossians 1:1,2
Now that this love is greater than the other, hear Paul saying; “For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren.” ( Rom. ix. 3 .) What father would have thus wished himself in misery? And again, “To depart, and to be with Christ” is “very far better; yet to abide in the flesh” is “more needful for your sake.” ( Philip. i. 23, 24 .) What mother would have chosen so to speak, regardless of herself? And again hear him saying, “For being bereaved of you for a short season, in pres ence, not in heart.” ( 1 Thess. ii. 17 .) And here indeed [in the world], when a father hath been insulted, he withdraws his love; not so however there, but he went to those who stoned him, seeking to do them good. For nothing, nothing is so strong as the bond of the Spirit. …
St Jerome The Letters of St. Jerome, To Theophilus Bishop of Alexandria
3. Hear me, I beg you with patience and do not take truthfulness for flattery. Is any man reluctant to communicate with you? Does any turn his face away when you hold out your hand? Does any at the holy banquet offer you the kiss of Judas? At your approach the monks instead of trembling rejoice. They race to meet you and leaving their dens in the desert are fain to master you by their humility. What compels them to come forth? Is it not their love for you? What draws together the scattered dwellers in the desert? Is it not the esteem in which they hold you? A parent ought to love his children; and not only a parent but a bishop ought to be loved by his children. Neither ought to be feared. …
The Fathers are given as they wrote. Where a passage lays the Passion on the Jewish people, the Church teaches that it cannot be charged against all the Jews then living, nor against the Jews of today, and that all sinners were its authors (CCC 597, 598).