Basil of Caesarea, on Ezek 9:5

“And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye moved with pity.”

“You have given a sign, the blood itself of a lamb without blemish, slain for the sin of the world. And Ezekiel says that a sign was given on the foreheads of the persons.”

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