Isaiah 9:6

“Unto us a child is born.”

Text — King James Version (1611)

9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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Works discussing this passage

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Justin Martyr — Dialogue with Trypho curated
Athanasius — On the Incarnation of the Word curated

Cited in the Fathers’ own texts

Ambrose of Milan — On the Holy Spirit cited in text · 2 references
Gregory of Nazianzus — Select Orations cited in text · 2 references — Oration 38 (Gregory Nazianzen)
Tertullian — Adversus Marcionem cited in text · 2 references — Prophecies of the Death of Christ.
Ambrose of Milan — Letters cited in text · 1 reference — (Ambrose)
Aphrahat — Demonstrations (NPNF selection: I, V, VI, VIII, X, XVII, XXI, XXII) cited in text · 1 reference — Demonstration XVII — Of Christ the Son of God
Clement of Alexandria — Paedagogus (The Instructor) cited in text · 1 reference — All Who Walk According to Truth are Children of God
Ephrem the Syrian — Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh cited in text · 1 reference — Hymn 1
Jerome — Letters cited in text · 1 reference — (Jerome)
Justin Martyr — First Apology cited in text · 1 reference — Other fulfilled prophecies
Origen — Commentary on the Gospel of John (partial: Books I, II, IV, V, VI, X) cited in text · 1 reference — Christ as the First and the Last; He is Also What Lies Between These.

Parallel passages

Luke 2 — The birth in Bethlehem and the child in the temple.

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