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Ruth, a Moabite, was Naomi's daughter-in-law. When both of Naomi's sons died, Ruth accompanied Naomi home to Israel, where she married Boaz and became the mother of Obed; Obed was the father of '''Jesse''', who was the father of David (http://usccb.org/bible/ru/4:13 (Ru 4:13-17). | |||
:; [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/isaiah/isaiah11.htm Is 11:1-3.] | :; [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/isaiah/isaiah11.htm Is 11:1-3.] | ||
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Ruth, a Moabite, was Naomi's daughter-in-law. When both of Naomi's sons died, Ruth accompanied Naomi home to Israel, where she married Boaz and became the mother of Obed; Obed was the father of Jesse, who was the father of David (http://usccb.org/bible/ru/4:13 (Ru 4:13-17).
- "But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD, and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD."
- The Catholicism Answer Book (p. 368.)
- The passage in Isaiah, 11:1 is: "There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. In the Latin Vulgate Bible used in the Middle Ages this was: "et egredietur virga de radice Iesse et flos de radice eius ascendet " or ".. a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up...". Flos, pl floris, is Latin for flower. Virga is a "green twig", "rod" or "broom", as well as a convenient near-pun with Virgo or Virgin, which undoubtedly influenced the development of the image. Thus Jesus is the Virga Jesse or "shoot of Jesse."
- The Jesse Tree is a genealogical tree often displayed in Advent that traces the ancestry of Jesus beginning with Jesse, father of King David. It is usually located in the vestibule of the Church.
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