Книга Товита, Глава 1, стих 2. Толкования стиха

THE USEFULNESS OF READING TOBIT. BEDE: The book of the holy father Tobit is clearly of saving benefit to its readers even in its superficial meaning, inasmuch as it abounds in both the noblest examples and the noblest counsels for moral conduct, and anyone who knows how to interpret it historically (and allegorically as well) can see that its inner meaning excels the mere letter as much as the fruit excels the leaves. For if it is understood in the spiritual sense, it is found to contain within it the greatest mysteries of Christ and the church.

 

AN IMAGE OF THE DEVIL. BEDE: This captivity at the hands of the king of the Assyrians denotes the captivity of the human race whereby, through the king of all the perverse, that is, the devil, it was banished from the abode of its heavenly homeland and deported to its sojourn in this exile.

(У LXX — это 3 ст.). Отличительным свойством и основным достоинством Товита была цело-жизненная его верность путям истины, αληθείας, т. е. вере и богопочтению отцов, и правды, δικαιοσύνης — деятельной любви и благотворительности к бедным соплеменникам, к чему в плену было весьма немало поводов (ср. ст.).