Fathers

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What the Fathers say

2 Samuel 7:5

Eastern Fathers

Cyprian

That Christ should be the house and temple of God, and that the old temple should cease, and the new one should begin. In the second book of Kings [Samuel]: "And the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, 'Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the Lord, You shall not build me a house to dwell in; but it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall come from your body, and I will prepare his kingdom. …

Treatise XII. Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews 1.15 ↗