Irenaeus (c. Haeres. IV. xxxvi. 8; xxxvii. 5).

Clemens Alex. (Paed. i. 9).

Methodius (Serm. de Simeone et Anna).

Origen (Hom. in Jerem. vii.— bis; X.; xiii.; Select. in Jeremiam xv.; in Threnos iv. 6).

Apostol. Const. (vi. 5).

Eusebius (Dem. Evan. II. iv. (38)—four times; IV. xvi. (189); VI. (291); viii. (401); x. (481); Eclog. Proph. IV. [pg 107] i.; Comment. in Ps. 73—bis; 77; 79; in Isaiam 7-8; De Theophan. vii.—tris).

Basil (Comment. in Isaiam i. 20).

Cyril Jerus. (Cat. xiii. 32).

Philo of Carpasus (iii. 83).

Ambrose (In Ps. xliii. 69; In Cant. Cant. iv. 54).