Exodus 4:8
If they will not believe thee, saith he, nor hear the voice of the former sign, they will believe the word of the latter sign.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Si non crediderint, inquit, tibi, neque audierint sermonem signi prioris, credent verbo signi sequentis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐὰν δὲ μὴ πιστεύσωσίν σοι μηδὲ εἰσακούσωσιν τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ σημείου τοῦ πρώτου, πιστεύσουσίν σοι τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ σημείου τοῦ ἐσχάτου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְהָיָה֙ אִם לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ לָ֔ךְ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁמְע֔וּ לְקֹ֖ל הָאֹ֣ת הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן וְהֶֽאֱמִ֔ינוּ לְקֹ֖ל הָאֹ֥ת הָאַחֲרֽוֹן
The Fathers on this verse
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Prophetic Things and Actions, as Well as Words, Attest This Great Doctrine
But we know that prophecy expressed itself by things no less than by words. By words, and also by deeds, is the resurrection foretold. When Moses puts his hand into his bosom, and then draws it out again dead, and again puts his hand into his bosom, and plucks it out living, does not this apply as a presage to all mankind? inasmuch as those three signs denoted the threefold power of God: when it shall, first, in the appointed order, subdue to man the old serpent, the devil, however formidable; then, secondly, draw forth the flesh from the bosom of death; and then, at last, shall pursue all blood (shed) in judgment. …