Ezechiel 3:12
And the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great commotion, saying: Blessed be the glory of the Lord, from his place.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et assumpsit me spiritus, et audivi post me vocem commotionis magnæ : Benedicta gloria Domini de loco suo :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ ἀνέλαβέν με πνεῦμα, καὶ ἤκουσα κατόπισθέν μου, καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν σεισμοῦ μεγάλου Εὐλογημένη ἡ δόξα Κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי ר֔וּחַ וָאֶשְׁמַ֣ע אַחֲרַ֔י ק֖וֹל רַ֣עַשׁ גָּד֑וֹל בָּר֥וּךְ כְּבוֹד יְהוָ֖ה מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Spirit; wind (Hugo) or angel, took me through the air; (Prado.) or, I went willingly. (St. Jerome)
Commotion, like an earthquake, (Hebrew; Septuagint) occasioned by the motion of the chariot, or the voice of the cherubim, ver. 13.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
The Apostolic Constitutions Book VII. Concerning the Christian Life, and the Eucharist, and the Initiation into Christ, Sec. II. On the Formation of the Character of Believers, and on Giving of Thanks to God
XXXV . Great art thou, O Lord Almighty, and great is Thy power, and of Thy understanding there is no number. Our Creator and Saviour, rich in benefits, long-suffering, and the bestower of mercy, who dost not take away Thy salvation from Thy creatures: for Thou art good by nature, and sparest sinners, and invitest them to repentance; for admonition is the effect of Thy bowels of compassion. For how should we abide if we were required to come to judgment immediately, when, after so much long-suffering, we hardly get clear of our miserable condition? The heavens declare Thy dominion, and the earth shakes with earthquakes, and, hanging upon nothing, declares Thy unshaken stedfastness. …
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XIX on Acts viii. 26, 27
“And the Angel of the Lord,” etc. (Recapitulation, v. 26 .) ( b ) See Angels assisting the preaching, and not themselves preaching, but calling these (to the work). But the wonderful nature of the occurrence is shown also by this: that what of old was rare, and hardly done, here takes place with ease, and see with what frequency! ( c ) “An eunuch,” it says, “a man of great authority, under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians.” ( v. 27 .) For there women bore rule of old, and this was the law among them. Philip did not yet know for whose sake he had come into the desert: ( d ) but what was there to hinder his learning all (these particulars) accurately, while in the chariot? “Was reading the prophet Esaias.” ( v. 28 .) For the road was desert, and there was no display in the matter. Observe also at what time: in the most violent heat (of the day). ( e ) “And the Spirit said unto him.” ( v. …