Ambrose of Milan
Patristic
A.D. 339–397
“It is a prerogative of God to raise the dead.”
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Ezek 37:14
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Ezek 37:14 · Douay-Rheims
“And shall have put my spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall make you rest upon your own land: and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken, and done it, saith the Lord God:”
Patristic
before A.D. 750
397
A.D.
397
A.D.
Ambrose of Milan
Patristic
A.D. 339–397
“We notice here how the operations of the Spirit of life are again resumed; we know in what way the dead are raised from the opening tombs. And is it in truth a matter of wonder that the sepulchers of the dead are opened at the bidding of the Lord, when the whole earth from its utmost limits is shaken by one thunderclap, the sea overflows its bounds and again checks the course of its waves?”
420
A.D.
Jerome
Patristic
c. A.D. 347–420
“We ourselves make the spiritual memorial that is fulfilled as a result of the cross of the Lord and Savior.”
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.