{"author":null,"canonical_references":[],"database_sha256":"8cfbe7284c6936871d57c02dc6aa63ebbdfd4722422d539dd9f716e46e91112e","date_end":null,"date_start":null,"edition_year":null,"id":"sermonindex-ecf-7407","native_reference":{"book_number":290,"chapter_from":41,"chapter_to":41,"system":"MyBible module coordinates (mapping unverified)","verse_from":10,"verse_to":10},"public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"verse-keyed-module-record","review_required":["English edition and exact text","author/work attribution","dating","verse mapping and citation kind","reuse and attribution","split author quotations and deduplicate"],"review_status":"unreviewed","source_html":"<p><b>Eusebius of Caesarea</b>: He adds that he is to strengthen and sustain those undergoing afflictions at the hands of those [who oppose God] with the vision of the goal that awaits them. He encourages with good news of God speaking to you without deceit: \"I am the Lord and God, and I strengthen your right arm,\" and I say to you, \"Do not fear, I will help you.\" In the Septuagint, \"I will help you, do not fear, you worm Jacob,\" does not appear. This one who was after the former people called \"chosen\" is now called worm through its worm-like subjection to the cities of the unbelieving nations and all of their polytheistic errors. In addition, what is perfect and special in the apostolic preaching will destroy and remove the demonic energies from the depth of human thinking. Indeed, the Savior called himself a worm, saying \"I am a worm and no man,\" a disgrace among people and an object of their contempt. Since there were only a few who were the Savior's disciples, there being twelve apostles, therefore the Septuagint says, \"Israel, the very few.\"<br/><i>— COMMENTARY ON Isaiah 2:20</i></p><p><b>Gregory of Nyssa</b>: For to none other than to God does it belong to implant courage in the fearful, saying to the faint-hearted, \"Fear not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed,\" as says the Psalmist, \"Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.\" Nay, the Lord Himself says to the fearful,—\"Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid,\" and, \"Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?\" and, \"Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid,\" and again, \"Be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.\"<br/><i>— AGAINST EUNOMIUS 2:15</i></p><p><b>Jerome</b>: (Verse 10) So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. LXX: fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Therefore, to you, who are both my servant and my chosen one, who will preach among the Gentiles and endure many persecutions, I say, do not be afraid, for I am with you, to whom I speak in the Gospel: Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age (Matthew 28:20). Do not wander, nor deviate from the truth, nor deceive yourself with false persuasion, thinking that with your inexperienced and unarmed strength, you can enter the wilderness of the nations and call the fiercest nations to gentleness. I am the one who has strengthened you and helped you; and my right hand, that is, the right hand of the righteous, that is, the Lord Savior, has supported you or protected you, as the Septuagint translates.<br/><i>— Commentary on Isaiah</i></p>","source_html_sha256":"99394b9c78cf18320e44a534e9b8df9264fd0c35e7916fc6639c15e16c88b11d","source_module":"ECF","source_row_id":7407,"source_url":"https://www.sermonindex.net/commentary/ecf/","text_sha256":"158f360fda0e51f54fa7a9e50752ea8f36eee9583f23a8d67693717b8dd9a5aa","translator":null,"work":null}