THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 25:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and the flesh of my cattle, which I have killed for my shearers, and give to men whom I know not whence they are?
וְלָקַחְתִּ֤י אֶת־לַחְמִי֙ וְאֶת־מֵימַ֔י וְאֵת֙ טִבְחָתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר טָבַ֖חְתִּי לְגֹֽזְזָ֑י וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי אֵ֥י מִזֶּ֖ה הֵֽמָּה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Judg 8:6The princes of Soccoth answered: Peradventure the palms of the hands of Zebee and Salmana are in thy hand, and therefore thou demandest that we should give bread to thy army.
- Gal 6:10Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
- 1 Pet 4:9Using hospitality one towards another, without murmuring,
- Ps 73 (72):7
- Ps 73 (72):8
- 1 Sam 24:13The Lord judge between me and thee and the Lord revenge me of thee: but my hand shall not be upon thee.
- 1 Sam 25:14But one of the servants told, Abigail, the wife of Nabal, saying: Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness, to salute our master: and he rejected them.
- 1 Sam 25:15These men were very good to us, and gave us no trouble: Neither did we ever lose any thing all the time that we conversed with them in the desert.