1 CORINTHIANS 10:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.”
and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. — The water from the rock (petra) is pneumatikon potērion (spiritual drink). The striking claim: he petra ēn Christos (the rock was Christ). Paul identifies Christ as the source of Israel's sustenance in the wilderness, retroactively presenting Christ as the life-giver throughout Israel's history. This is not merely typology but ontological identification.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 10:4
“For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant.” Now this he said, implying that they were not very well instructed in these things. And what is this which you would not have us ignorant of? “That our fathers,” says he, “were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink; for they drank of a spiritual Rock that followed…
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