Jeremias 1:8
Be not afraid at their presence: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ne timeas a facie eorum, quia tecum ego sum ut eruam te, dicit Dominus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, ὅτι μετὰ σοῦ ἐγώ εἰμι τοῦ ἐξαιρεῖσθαί σε, λέγει Κύριος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אַל תִּירָ֖א מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי אִתְּךָ֥ אֲנִ֛י לְהַצִּלֶ֖ךָ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Matthew XXVIII. 11-14
After that, because he had enjoined on them great things, to raise their courage, He says, “Lo! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Seest thou His own proper power again? Seest thou how those other things also were spoken for condescension? And not with those men only did He promise to be, but also with all that believe after them. For plainly the apostles were not to remain here unto “the end of the world;” but he speaks to the believers as to one body. For tell me not, saith He, of the difficulty of the things: for “I am with you,” who make all things easy. This He said to the prophets also in the Old Testament continually, as well to Jeremiah objecting his youth,as to Mosesand Ezekielshrinking from the office, “I am with you,” this here also to these men. …