Revelation 22:1 Douay-Rheims

And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Tertullian

c. A.D. 150–220 Patristic

But My People hath changed their glory: whence no profit shall accrue to them: the heaven turned pale thereat" (and when did it turn pale? undoubtedly when Christ suffered), "and shuddered," he says, "most exceedingly; " and "the sun grew dark at mid-day: " (and when did it "shudder exceedingly" except at the passion of Christ, when the earth also trembled to her centre, and the veil of the temple was rent, and the tombs were burst asunder? "because these two evils hath My People done; Me," He says, "they have quite forsaken, the fount of water of life, and they have digged for themselves worn-out tanks, which will not be able to contain water.

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A.D. 220 · on Rev 22:1 (An Answer to the Jews)

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