1 Corinthians 10:4
Douay-Rheims
And all drank the same spiritual drink; (and they drank of the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.)
Augustine of Hippo
All symbols seem in some way to personify the realities of which they are symbols. So, St. Paul says, "The rock was Christ," because the rock in question symbolized Christ.
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A.D. 430 · on 1Cor 10:4 (City of God 18.46)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.