Holy Scripture

Song of Solomon 3:2

A church father on this verse
“"In my chamber by night I sought him." This refers to the women who came at the beginning of the morning on the sabbath to the tomb of Jesus and did not find him. He is in the chamber, therefore, or away from the chamber. Or perhaps they call their chamber the Lord's tomb because we are buried together with him. But w…”
Cyril of Alexandria, 5th c. — FRAGMENTS IN THE COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 3:1

Source: Septuagint

Original

2I will rise now, and go about in the city, In the marketplaces, and in the streets, And I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.

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In context

1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.

— Song of Solomon 3:2 —

3The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. I said, Have ye seen him whom my soul loves?

4It was as a little while after I parted from them, That I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, Until I brought him into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.

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