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Conferences of John Cassian by Cassian, John (360-435)
How he fled to a monastery when his wife would not consent. AND when his wife was hard and would not consent to him as he constantly persisted with entreaties of this kind, but said that as she was in the flower of her age she could not altogether do without the solace of her husband, and further that supposing she was deserted by him and fell into sin,…
Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. by Wace, Henry (1836-1924)
Isaacus (28). Several eminent solitaries of the Egyptian deserts in the 4th cent. bore this name. The references are scattered up and down in the Vitae Patrum, and it is not always clear which Isaac is intended.
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, George Alexander (1840-1923)
CHAPTER 1:35–39 JESUS IN SOLITUDE “And in the morning, a great while before day, He rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed. And Simon and they that were with him followed after Him; and they found Him, and say unto Him, All are seeking Thee.
Golden Legend, vol. 3 by Voragine, Jacobus de (1230-1298)
. Mary the Egyptian, which was called a sinner, led and lived the most straight life and sharp that might be, forty-seven years in desert. In that time was a good, holy and religious monk named Zosimus, and went through the desert which lieth beyond the flom Jordan and much desired to find some holy fathers.
People's New Testament by Johnson, Barton Warren (1833-1894)
Summary —A Charge to Preach the Word. Paul's Time of Departure at Hand. His Blessed Confidence. Timothy Asked to Come. Deserted by Others in the Hour of Trial, Yet the Lord was with Him.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Ecclesiastes by Cox, Samuel (1826-1893)
If we may now assume the Book Ecclesiastes to have been written, not in the time of Solomon, but during, or soon after, the Babylonian Captivity, our next duty is to learn what we can of the social, political, and religious conditions of the two races among whom the Jews were thrown when they were carried away from the land of their fathers.
Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 1 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
1 And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, — 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, Saying, Thus saith Jehovah, — I remember thee for my kindness to thine youth And my love at thy espousal, When thou didst follow me in the desert, In a land not sown.
Commentary on Joshua by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
1 And there was a lot to the children of Judah by their families near the border of Edom, and the desert of Sin towards the south, from the extremity of the south.
Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 4 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
1 At that time, saith Jehovah, Will I be a God to all the families of Israel; And they shall be my people. 2 Thus saith Jehovah, — Found favor in the desert Hath a people who had escaped the sword, By advancing till he gave rest to Israel.
NPNF-213. Gregory the Great (II), Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Hymn VI. 1. Would that the memory of the fathers would exhale from the tombs; who were very simple as being wise, and reverend as believing. They without cavilling searched for, and came to the right path.