Aphrahat the Persian Sage
4th century · AD 345 · Syriac & Oriental · 67 passages
Background on Aphrahat the Persian Sage
In his own words on 2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 14:11-12
Asa prayed, and his prayer manifested great power: when Zerah the Indian [Ethiopian] went out against him with an army of one million with him, Asa then prayed, saying, "By this shall your power be known, O our God, when you finish off a vast people by means of a small people." God heard his prayer and sent his angel to rout them. Thus the vast army was defeated by the power of Asa's prayer.
DEMONSTRATION 4.8
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