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Isaiah 42:1Isa.42.1

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Voici mon serviteur, que je soutiendrai, Mon élu, en qui mon âme prend plaisir. J'ai mis mon esprit sur lui; Il annoncera la justice aux nations.

KJV

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

Patristic reading

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  • Theodulf of Orleans

    The Book on the Order of Baptism to Magnus of Sens

    ul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will bring forth judgment to the nations" (Isaiah 42:1). So that the Spirit might rest in him with perpetual habitation, it came to him, according to the testimony of John the Baptist, who said, "I saw the Spirit descendin…
  • Phoebadius of Agen

    Book against the Arians

    the Father's voice through Isaiah: Behold my Son whom I have chosen, I will put my Spirit upon Him Isaiah 42 : 1 ; and thereafter, recognizing the Son speaking through the same prophet: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because He has anointed me Isaiah 61 : 1 . Which heresy…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    is prior in thought to the union. Therefore it does not follow it. On the contrary, It is written ( Is. 42:1 ): "Behold my servant, I will uphold Him . . . "and farther on: "I have given My Spirit upon Him"; and this pertains to the gift of habitual grace. Hence it remains that t…

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