THEOSIS1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 30:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,
וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ אִישׁ־מִצְרִי֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וַיִּקְח֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ אֶל־דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּתְּנוּ־ל֥וֹ לֶ֙חֶם֙ וַיֹּ֔אכַל וַיַּשְׁקֻ֖הוּ מָֽיִם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 23:7Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
- Deut 15:7If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within thy gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand,
- Deut 15:11There will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation: therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth in the land.
- Matt 25:35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:
- Luke 10:36Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers?
- Luke 10:37But he said: He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner.
- Prov 25:21If thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat: if he thirst, give him water to drink:
- Rom 12:20But if the enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink. For, doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.