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Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25 (Luther's Works, #4) QUOTES

Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25 (Luther's Works, #4) QUOTES

1 " Examples of this kind teach us that one should not believe any human being, no matter how saintly he may be, but must pay attention to Him who calls and to His Word. "

― Martin Luther , Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25 (Luther's Works, #4)

2 " For the statement of Isaiah (28:19) is true: “Trouble gives understanding”; likewise, hunger is the best condiment. For those who are afflicted have a better understanding of the Holy Scriptures; the smug and prosperous read them as if they were some poem written by Ovid. "

― Martin Luther , Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25 (Luther's Works, #4)

3 " But if I endure in trouble, then Pharaoh and his troops are plunged into the deep, and the way out I have hoped for is opened to me. "

― Martin Luther , Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25 (Luther's Works, #4)

4 " This is reported by Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, Book VI, pars. 28–30. "

― Martin Luther , Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25 (Luther's Works, #4)

5 " Gnatho was the attendant of Thraso in the Eunuchus of Terence, one of Luther’s favorite plays; cf. Luther’s Works, 13, p. 182; 23, p. 217. "

― Martin Luther , Lectures on Genesis: Chapters 21-25 (Luther's Works, #4)