Jeremias 35:3
And I took Jezonias the son of Jeremias the son of Habsanias, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et assumpsi Jezoniam filium Jeremiæ filii Habsaniæ, et fratres ejus, et omnes filios ejus, et universam domum Rechabitarum,
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 42:3
- καὶ ἐξήγαγον τὸν Ἰεχονίαν υἱὸν Ἰερεμὶν υἱοῦ Χαβασεὶν καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκίαν Ἁρχαβείν,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וָאֶקַּ֞ח אֶת יַאֲזַנְיָ֤ה בֶֽן יִרְמְיָ֨הוּ֙ בֶּן חֲבַצִּנְיָ֔ה וְאֶת אֶחָ֖יו וְאֶת כָּל בָּנָ֑יו וְאֵ֖ת כָּל בֵּ֥ית הָרֵכָבִֽים
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XIV on Acts v. 34
Him therefore let us also imitate. He received them, and did not cast them out. So let us requite those our enemies, who have wrought us even numberless ills. Whatever good thing we may have, let us impart to them: let us not pass them by, in our acts of beneficence. For if we ought, by suffering ill, to sate their rage, much more, by doing them good: for this is a less thing than the other. For it is not all alike, to do good to an enemy, and to be willing to suffer greater wrongs than he wishes (to inflict): from the one we shall come on to the other. This is the dignity of Christ’s disciples. Those crucified Him, when He had come for the very purpose of doing them good; His disciples they scourged; and after all this, He admits them to the same honor with His disciples, making them equally partakers of His gifts. …