A Strain of the Judgment of the Lord

Revive.[21]

Origen Against Celsus Book II

nclusion what was designed against him? "Now to this question, although we are able to show the striking and miraculous character of the events which befell Him, yet from what other source can we furnish an answer than from the Gospel narratives, which state that "there was an earthquake, and that the rocks were split asunder, and the tombs opened, and the veil of the temple rent in twain from top to bottom, and that darkness prevailed in the day-time, the sun failing to give light? "[81]

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs III

Now, therefore, know that the Lord will execute judgment upon the sons of men; because when the rocks are rent,[5]

Clementine Homily XIX

it evidently sends forth its fruits to nourish all who are made by Him? And how does it not fear Him as superior, as trembling through earthquakes it confesses, and as, though its billows ran high, yet, when the Teacher was sailing on it and commanded a calm, it immediately obeyed and became still?[34]

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