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John 7 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Praxeas

Again, whose doctrine does He announce, at which all were astonished?[274]

John 7 - NIV, NAB - in Recognitions of Clement I

And not only did they not believe, but they added blasphemy to unbelief, saying that He was a gluttonous man and a belly-slave, and that He was actuated by a demon,[31]

John 7:5 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ

answer denies His mother and brethren for the present, as even Apelles might learn. "The Lord's brethren had not yet believed in Him."[109]

John 7:15 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Against Celsus Book VI

Now who is there that is capable of giving even moderate attention to affairs-not merely among the believers on Jesus, but among the rest of mankind-that would not laugh at Celsus, on hearing that Jesus, who was born and brought up among the Jews, and was supposed to be the son of Joseph the carpenter, and who had not studied literature-not merely that of the Greeks, but not even that of the Hebrews-as the truth-loving Scriptures testify regarding Him,[91]

John 7:15 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X

And perhaps by these things is indicated a new doubt concerning Him, that Jesus was not a man but something diviner, inasmuch as He was, as they supposed, the son of Joseph and Mary, and the brother of four, and of the others-the women-as well, and yet had nothing like to any one of His kindred, and had not from education and teaching come to such a height of wisdom and power. For they also say elsewhere, "How knoweth this man letters having never learned? "[111]

John 7:16 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I

"And my doctrine is not Mine," saith the Lord, "but the Father's which sent me." And of those who steal He says: "But he that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory."[198]

John 7:17 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I

For the teaching of piety is a gift, but faith is grace. "For by doing the will of God we know the will of God."[84]

John 7:18 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book I

" And if we do not find Him to be righteousness absolutely as He is the wisdom and the power of God absolutely, then we must enquire whether to Christ Himself, as the Father is santification, so the Father is also righteousness. There is, we know, no unrighteousness with God;[175]

John 7:22 - NIV, NAB - in Victorinus On the Creation of the World

which Sabbath He in His body abolished, although, nevertheless, He had formerly Himself commanded Moses that circumcision should not pass over the eighth day, which day very frequently happens on the Sabbath, as we read written in the Gospel.[7]

John 7:24 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II

But it is the duty of the bishop to judge rightly, as it is written, "Judge righteous judgment; "[179]

John 7:30 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

This is also the reason why, when men were often desirous to take Him, it is said, "No man laid hands upon Him, for the hour of His being taken was not yet come; "[293]

John 7:35 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian An Answer to the Jews

" Undoubtedly, by not receiving Christ, the "fount of water of life," they have begun to have "worn-out tanks," that is, synagogues for the use of the "dispersions of the Gentiles,"[286]

John 7:37 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian An Answer to the Jews

"because these two evils hath My People done; Me," He says, "they have quite forsaken, the fount of water of life,[285]

John 7:37 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Baptism

;[85]

John 7:37 - NIV, NAB - in Five Books in Reply to Marcion

The waters of the living fount,[119]

John 7:37 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle LXII

" And that it might be more evident that the Lord is speaking there, not of the cup, but of baptism, the Scripture adds, saying, "But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive."[17]

John 7:37 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

He that believeth on me, as the Scripture saith, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."[112]

John 7:37 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book VI

He, then, understanding in this way the prophecy about himself spoken by Isaiah the prophet, says he is a voice, not crying in the wilderness, but "of one crying in the wilderness," of Him, namely, who stood and cried,[58]

John 7:37 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book VI

Firstly, then, stands the Father, being without any turning or change; and then stands also His Word, always carrying on His work of salvation, and even when He is in the midst of men, not comprehended, and not even seen. He stands, also, teaching, and inviting all to drink from His abundant spring, for[109]

John 7:38 - NIV, NAB - in Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans

but there is within me a water that liveth and speaketh,[50]

John 7:38 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

and diffused Himself as a river,[376]

John 7:38 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

And also to those who are made lawful believers, the baptism of their own blood is wanting without mischief, because, being baptized in the name of Christ, they have been redeemed with the most precious blood of the Lord; since both of these rivers of the baptism of the Lord proceed out of one and the same fountain, that every one who thirsts may come and drink, as says the Scripture, "From his belly flowed rivers of living water; "[45]

John 7:38 - NIV, NAB - in The Letter of the Churches of Vienna and Lugdunum

And these indeed were burned, but he himself remained inflexible and unyielding, firm in his confession, being bedewed and strengthened by the heavenly fountain of the water of life which issues from the belly of Christ.[17]

John 7:39 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

The Father is indeed above all, and He is the Head of Christ; but the Word is through all things, and is Himself the Head of the Church; while the Spirit is in us all, and He is the living water,[159]

John 7:39 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Baptism

Accordingly, in the Acts of the Apostles, we find that men who had "John's baptism" had not received the Holy Spirit, whom they knew not even by hearing.[104]

John 7:39 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer

For, speaking of these rivers, the Lord set this forth, signifying the Holy Spirit whom they should receive who should believe on Him: "But the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."[46]

John 7:39 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

You will consider, therefore, if he spake these things as in a trance, being filled with the spirit which moved him to say these things, which could not be a Holy Spirit; for John taught in the Gospel that, before the resurrection of the Saviour, no one had the Holy Spirit, saying, "For the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified."[242]

John 7:42 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Against Celsus Book I

" It is stated also in the Gospel according to John, that the Jews declared that the Christ was to be born in Bethlehem, "whence David was."[96]

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