Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Et l'Eternel me dit: Cette porte sera fermée, elle ne s'ouvrira point, et personne n'y passera; car l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël est entré par là. Elle restera fermée.
KJV
Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Origen
Homiliae In Lucam
ff. Exod. 34,23 10ff. vgl. Ambros. in Lucam II 56 (S. 72, 11 ff. Schenkl) 23ff. lat. Luk. 1, 35; gr. Ezech. 44, 2. 2/3 masculum E 5 apperuerant AC 9 quidpiam De 10 Quae cumque B enim > B 11~marem] matris ABE 12 apperuitC 13 quia] quod B 15 vulvam > A 16 Domini > E] ejus B eo temp…
S. Paschatius Radbertus
On the Birth of the Virgin
was closed; and no man shall pass through it; because the Lord God of hosts has entered through it" (Ezekiel 44:2). About this gate, blessed Ambrose, in that same hymn which I mentioned, composed in honor of the most holy Virgin, says: "The gate of Christ becomes passable, filled…
Ratramnus
On the Fact that Christ Was Born of a Virgin
e prince. The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out the same way (Ezekiel 44:2-3). I believe that this passage resolves all the complexity of this question. Indeed, the gate described by the prophet is understood by the elders to be the Virgin M…
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