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Jacob of Edessa

8th century · AD 708 · Syriac & Oriental · 1 passages

Background on Jacob of Edessa

In his own words on Luke

  • Luke 15:6

    After Thee do I run, and Thy converse do I seek: that in me may be completed that number of a hundred, by means of a lost one which is found.

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.