The rod as confirmation of faith and Christ as rock
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Cyril is closing his fragments on Numbers by explaining how the command about the rod confirms faith and how Christ is compared to a rock.
Observe that, to confirm their faith, he recalls the wonders in Egypt, saying, “Take the rod in your hand, with which you struck the river” (Exodus 17:5). And soon after: Christ is compared to a rock because of its unbreakable and unshakable nature.
Greek
Ἐπιτήρησον ὅτι
βεβαιῶν εἰς πίστιν, πρὸς ἀνάμνησιν τῆς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τερατουργίας ἀποφέρει λέγων· Λαβὲ τὴν ῥάβδον ἐν τῇ χειρί σου ἐν ᾗ ἐπάταξας τὸν ποταμόν. Ei mox· Πέτρᾳ παρεικάζεται Χριστὸς διὰ τὸ ἄθραυστον καὶ ἀκλόνητον.