A citation from the library
Eusebius of Caesarea, on Isa 11:1
Eusebius of Caesarea · c. A.D. 260–339
Isa 11:1 · Douay-Rheims
“And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.”
On this verse:
“This shows in an obvious way that the birth of Christ would be from the root of Jesse, who was the father of David. This points toward the birth which the Gentiles would follow, having been prophetically announced by way of signs.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.