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1 Kings 18:381Kgs.18.38

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et le feu de l'Eternel tomba, et il consuma l'holocauste, le bois, les pierres et la terre, et il absorba l'eau qui était dans le fossé.

KJV

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)

    ur majoris esse gratiam quam naturam. Quod si tantum valuit sermo Eliae ut ignem de coelo deponeret (III Reg. XVIII, 38) , non valebit Christi sermo, ut species mutet elementorum? De totius mundi operibus legisti, quia ipse dixit et [Col. 0927A] facta sunt (Psal. CXVIII, 5) . Se…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 180 (Migne)

    autem nec merita sunt, nec officia. Ait autem D. Augustinus in libro Quaestionum Veteris Testamenti (III Reg. XVIII, 38) : «Per quod ostenditur Spiritum sanctum gratiarum, non personam sequi digni aut indigni, sed ordinem traditionis, [Col. 0842D] ut quamvis aliquis boni meriti…

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