Where the Fathers quote Deuteronomy 17
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Expounded by the Fathers
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1304expounds v.11“κατα τον νομον και κατα την κρισιν, ην αν ειπωσι σοι, ποιησεις, ουκ εκκλινεις απο του ρηματος, ου εαν αναγγειλωσι σοι, δεξια ουδε αριστερα.”On: «Do not turn to the right or to the left», and that virtue is achieved through labor
2Deut 17:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:641…it is also written in the law thou shalt not appear in the sight of the lord thy god empty exod for weak is the prayer which does not have the strength of almsgiving…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…us if thou shalt do that which is right and pleasing in the sight of the lord thy god h vulneratus quidem propter nos est emmanuel h emmanuel was indeed wounded for us for he was…
3Deut 17:3
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:421…and serve other gods and worship them a the sun or the moon or any of the host of the heavens which he did not command you and it was not told you and you inquire…
6Deut 17:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:335…you a prophet as i am deut and it is commanded that at the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established john deut and concerning false witnesses what they ought to suffer…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:29D…who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come; and Behold two men stood by. Reasonably so. For at the mouth of two witnesses shall every word stand (Deut. 17.6). And they utter these same things. And…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:421…three witnesses shall he who is to die be put to death he shall not be put to death at one witness and the hand of the witnesses shall be upon him first to put him…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:849C…es was. For they did not experience clemency who had violated the Law of Moses, but were slain without any mercy under the testimony of two or three witnesses (Deut. xvii, 6). Nor indeed were the legal rites the t…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1039B…unce those insane who wish to hold any other opinion, since the law openly proclaims: "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established" (Deut. XVII, 6). Otherwise, is not the objection riddl…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:241…father or his mother let him be put to death for fathers shall not be put to death for the sins of their children and children shall not be put to death for their fathers each…
7Deut 17:7
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:131B…en we are judged, we are chastised of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world" (1 Cor. 11:32), and, "Put away the evil from among yourselves" (Deut. 17:7). 2. He makes mention of the saying wh…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:431…he had thought to have done unto his brother so shalt thou put the evil away from among you and those which remain shall hear and fear c iii reg xxi they proclaimed a fast and…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:529…commanded that the false prophet be put to death so shalt thou put the evil away from among you h from cyril on adoration in spirit h b to such a degree of mental levity have…
11Deut 17:11
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1243A…imself from every turning aside and diversion from the commandments of the Lord, fulfilling what is written: Do not turn aside to the right, nor to the left (Deut. 17, 11). QUESTION CCXLII. What is mean…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:881…do all that shall be ordained for you according to the law and according to the judgment which they shall announce to you you shall do you shall not turn aside from the word which they…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1725B…I said, are intermediate between excesses and defects. For this reason, it is written: “Decline not to the right, nor to the left, but walk in the royal way” (Deut. XVII, 11). And Saint Basil says: “That heart is…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1417C…art from your heart. Deut. VI, 17. — Diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies and statutes, which he has commanded you. Deut. XVII, 11. — You shall not decline to the right h…
12Deut 17:12
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:667C…in those days, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously (Deut. xvii, 12, 13). It is fitting to regard these thi…
13Deut 17:13
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:667…man shall die and thou shalt put away the evil from israel and all the people shall hear and fear and do no more presumptuously deut xvii it is fitting to regard these things so that…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:387C…re were in Jerusalem; then they would kill them at the time when Israel was gathered; to establish that which all shall hear and fear. Indeed, Rabbi Solomon on Deut. xvii, 13, has the same: ⟦original-script column:…
14Deut 17:14
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:915A…ngs therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe, but do not imitate their works" (Matt. XXIII, 2–3). And you shall say, "I will set a prince over me" (Deut. XVII, 14). For we, having repelled all idolatry…
16Deut 17:16
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1085…exceeded the number." For the sentence depends on the beginning of the period τοῦ γὰρ Θεοῦ βουλομένου, "For when God wished," etc. Furthermore, in Deuteronomy XVII, 16, it is written a little differently about the king or princ…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1167…the law given through moses concerning the duties of kings ordains thus he shall not multiply horses to himself eudoxius driven from the cities of syria occupies constantinople eunomius the galatian a disciple of aetius publishes…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:915A…God the Father, but not he, for he is placed in the house of God, when he had declared himself to be God. Wherefore he shall not multiply horses for himself (Deut. XVII, 16). Others have interpreted: "Nevertheles…
18Deut 17:18
OrigenesPG 16:1665…seek and he shall pass through it being offended and shall hunger and it shall be when he hungers and is provoked he shall curse his king and his patriarchs the idols symmachus they shall offend…