Where the Fathers quote Deuteronomy 19
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Expounded by the Fathers
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:912expounds v.13“ου φεισεται ο οφθαλμος σου επ᾿ αυτω και καθαριεις το αιμα το αναιτιον εξ Ισραηλ και ευ σοι εσται.”231. On «My eye shall not spare»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:576expounds v.21“ου φεισεται ο οφθαλμος σου επ᾿ αυτω· ψυχην αντι ψυχης οφθαλμον αντι οφθαλμου οδοντα αντι οδοντος χειρα αντι χειρος ποδα αντι ποδος.”133. On «An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth»
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1148expounds v.21“ου φεισεται ο οφθαλμος σου επ᾿ αυτω· ψυχην αντι ψυχης οφθαλμον αντι οφθαλμου οδοντα αντι οδοντος χειρα αντι χειρος ποδα αντι ποδος.”On «An eye for an eye», etc.
Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:1304expounds v.21“ου φεισεται ο οφθαλμος σου επ᾿ αυτω· ψυχην αντι ψυχης οφθαλμον αντι οφθαλμου οδοντα αντι οδοντος χειρα αντι χειρος ποδα αντι ποδος.”On: «An eye for an eye», and following
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:264expounds v.21“ου φεισεται ο οφθαλμος σου επ᾿ αυτω· ψυχην αντι ψυχης οφθαλμον αντι οφθαλμου οδοντα αντι οδοντος χειρα αντι χειρος ποδα αντι ποδος.”Reconciling «Eye for an eye» with «Do not resist the evil one»
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:636expounds v.21“ου φεισεται ο οφθαλμος σου επ᾿ αυτω· ψυχην αντι ψυχης οφθαλμον αντι οφθαλμου οδοντα αντι οδοντος χειρα αντι χειρος ποδα αντι ποδος.”Reconciling «An eye for an eye» with «Whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other»
2Deut 19:2
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…in deuteronomy if one be found slain in the land which the lord thy god giveth thee to possess it fallen in the field and it is not known who slew him then thy senate and…
OrigenesPG 16:979…unto the perpetual desolations in holiness they have roared those who oppose thee in the midst of thy congregation they have set their signs as signs it is known as one bringing in unto the high…
9Deut 19:9
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:109…reason he says behold i set before thy face life and death to love the lord thy god and to walk in his ways and to hear his voice and to believe in the life but…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:331…a but to fear the lord thy god and to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the lord thy god of david…
12Deut 19:12
Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:953…juda had been a signet on my right hand i would pull him thence and deliver him into the hand of those who seek thy soul and again jechonias is dishonored like a vessel for which…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1567…brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in israel then the elders of his city shall call him and speak unto him and if he stand to it and say i like not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:625…to these judgments b and the assembly shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood and the assembly shall restore him to the city of refuge to which he had fled since…
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus 905–959PG 113:591…. Constitutio of the same concerning those who commit murder voluntarily, and flee to the Church; that they are not to be admitted. The Law of Moses (Deut. XIX, 12) decides against the homicide, that he is to be snatched fr…
14Deut 19:14
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…in deuteronomy if one be found slain in the land which the lord thy god giveth thee to possess it fallen in the field and it is not known who slew him then thy senate and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:209D…s, which lack reason, the honor of widowhood is preferred to the baseness of many marriages.” TIT. III. — Of boundaries, and that one must not move them. Deut. xix, 14. — “You shall not move the boundaries o…
15Deut 19:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:335A…aise up for you a prophet as I am" (Deut. 18:15). And it is commanded that "At the mouth of two witnesses or three shall every word be established" (John 1:45; Deut. 19:15). And concerning false witnesses, what…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:503C…nd One is crucified for all. You have a second image; but consider a third one also. By the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word shall be established (Deut. 19:15). By the cross, the bronze serpent is e…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:747D…would change this interpretation. We therefore observe these Scriptures, hearing Moses saying: At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word stand (Deut. XIX, 15). We gladly accept the version not of t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:75…thus naturally ordered but how can it be that a man should not rise up against a man for not one of the angels rises up since not even they do so against the archangels nor…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:583A…"that those be present who act as witnesses, to accuse him according to the ancient law: In the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established" (Deut. 19:15). "Against an elder," he says, "do not…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:353B…se, but let the hearing hearken; and join unto thyself Urias as a companion: "For by the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established." (Deut. xix, 15). VERS. 9. And responding, he said: B…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1557…he says the truth and the life the law therefore commands saying one witness shall not rise up against any man for any iniquity or for any sin that he sinneth at the mouth c it…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1665B…pear any sort of animal Which is mixed by confusion from two things, But may possess complete even one nature. Grant me pardon as I speak these words. Deut. xix, 15: « One witness shall not rise up agains…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1203A…armful, is yet more useful than war. On Truth and Faithful Testimony Exod. XXIII, 1. — “You shall not agree with the unjust to be an unjust witness.” Deut. XIX, 15. — “At the mouth of two or three witnes…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:557D…aimed by the heralds of the truth. For there is no disagreement in what is said, but the highest harmony [exists] between— Joan. XXI, 22. Isa. XXVI, 10. Deut. XIX, 15. Matth. XVII, 1; Marc. IX, 1; Luc. IX…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1589C…tter three Patristic testimonies; so that here also may be fulfilled what is written: "In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established" (Deut. xix, 15).…
16Deut 19:16
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:431B…, 11. — "Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another." Deut. v, 20. — "Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour." Deut. xix, 16-18. — "If a false witness rise up against…
17Deut 19:17
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:431…up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong then both the men between whom the controversy is shall stand before the lord before the priests and the judges which shall be in…
18Deut 19:18
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:431…before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days and the judges shall make diligent inquisition and behold if the witness be a false witness and hath testified falsely against his brother then…
19Deut 19:19
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:337A…y are gnawing the flesh of others, are actually biting their own. TITLE VII. — On emendation: and that we ought to be emended by the evils of others. Deut. xix, 19. — "You shall remove the evil from your…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:431…witness be a false witness and hath testified falsely against his brother then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother so shalt thou put the evil away from…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:529…piety he also 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…
20Deut 19:20
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:431…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 set naboth on high among the people…
21Deut 19:21
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:369…word among you your eye shall not spare him life for life tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot in both places similar things seem to be said yet it is not clearly shown…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1089…thrōpō, houtō dothēsetai autō. "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; as he shall have given a blemish to a man, so shall it be given to him"; and Deuteronomy XIX, 21. In Procopius, p. 64: "Who does not now counsel to not pluc…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:699…eye for eye tooth for tooth but i say to you not to resist evil the fifth commandment is the least as far as…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:115…ed the retribution of a like punishment and the law of retaliation: even though the law permitted them, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (Levit. 24:20; Deut. 19:21); yet not so that one might tear out an…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1107…let it be done to him he shall restore fracture for fracture eye for eye tooth for tooth whatever blemish he has inflicted he is compelled to sustain he who strikes a beast shall render another…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1339…and deserved recompense through the equality of retaliation life it says c for life eye for eye tooth for tooth exod xxi matt v but where equality of repayment would be unbecoming there it inflicts death…