Library Theodoret Questions on Exodus
Questions on Exodus 57: “I will fulfill the number of your days”
How should one understand “I will fulfill the number of your days”?
He means the life appointed for human beings—that is, “I will cause you to come to a long old age.”
Greek: Theodoret of Cyrus, Quaestiones in Octateuchum / Questions on Exodus (CPG 6200.02; cf. Fernández Marcos and Sáenz-Badillos; also PG 80, cols. 225–298). English: study translation for BWAB Library—not the copyrighted Robert C. Hill (CUA Press) translation. The full Questions on Exodus (72 questions) is hosted here.