Jesse
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
the root of Jesse
in the texts
Stromata
Jesse, of the tribe of Judah, father of King David.
And after the death of Saul, David, the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah, reigns the second time, in Hebron, for forty years, as the second book of Kingdoms contains;
Adversus Marcionem
Father of David, invoked in the prophecy of the rod from his root fulfilled in Christ.
The same Christ, descended from the stock of David, according to the registration of Mary, he was also foretelling figuratively in the rod to come forth from the root of Jesse.