Ambrose of Milan, on Ezek 37:4

“And he said to me: Prophesy concerning these bones; and say to them: Ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.”

“Note how the prophet shows that there was hearing and movement in the bones before the Spirit of life was poured on them. For, above, both the dry bones are bidden to hear, as if they had the sense of hearing, and that on this each of them came to its own joint is pointed out by the words of the prophet.…Great is the lovingkindness of the Lord, that the prophet is taken as a witness of the future resurrection, that we, too, might see it with his eyes. For all could not be taken as witnesses, but in that one all we are witnesses, for neither does lying come on a holy person or error on so great a prophet.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.