Where the Fathers quote Deuteronomy 21
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1Deut 21:1
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:563A…alls—which is what they would have done had it not been permitted them to cast her out? Therefore, He says: "If you have a woman whom you hate, send her away" (Deut. 21:1). But to the gentle, and to those whom…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…from the mosaic words themselves for it is written thus 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…
2Deut 21:2
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…field and it is not known who slew him then thy senate and thy judges shall come forth and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain and it shall…
3Deut 21:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:873…columns for the three translators: Symmachus, the LXX, and Theodotion. The content is essentially a synoptic comparison of their variant readings for Deuteronomy 21:3–5, 14, 17, 20–21, 22–23.] Notes and various readings on c…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:583…they shall spread the garment before the elders of that city and the elders of that city shall take that man and they shall punish him and fine him one hundred shekels and they shall give…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…unto the cities which are round about him that is slain and it shall be that the city which is next unto the slain man the senate of that city shall take a heifer from the…
4Deut 21:4
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:583…and they shall spread the garment before the elders of that city and the elders of that city shall take that man and they shall punish him and fine him one hundred shekels and they shall…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…not wrought and which hath not drawn the yoke and the senate of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley which is neither eared nor sown and they shall cut the sinews…
Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:833B…hamstrung in the valley? Response By these things, he signifies the spiritual will of the ⟦66 Ephes. I, 10. 67 Deut. VI, 4. 68 Prov. XXV, 17. 69 Deut. XXI, 4-6.⟧…
5Deut 21:5
Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:709…wrote that senna the secondary law or deuteronomy and delivered it to the priests the sons of levi c and commanded them saying until seven years hide this senna nor manifest it in the whole course…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…of the heifer in the valley and the priests and the levites shall come near for them the lord thy god hath chosen to minister unto him and to bless in his name and by their…
6Deut 21:6
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…shall every controversy and every stroke be tried and all the senate of that city that are next unto the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer that is cut in…
7Deut 21:7
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:349…the heifer that was struck in the valley and answering they shall say our hands have not shed this blood and our eyes have not seen it be gracious to your people israel whom you redeemed…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…over the head of the heifer that is cut in the valley and they shall answer and say our hands have not shed this blood neither have our eyes seen it be merciful unto thy people…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:647…for the priesthood then having washed their hands over it let them say our hands have not shed this blood this heifer is a type of christ as we have already stated it is an heifer…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:649…which they have learned to honor him all but cried aloud saying our hands have not shed this blood in christ therefore is the purification and if any of the jews were to choose to think…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:923…upon us and upon our children but being cleansed by baptism they say our hands have not shed this blood and even if they were from the jews they have nevertheless renounced their whole community which…
8Deut 21:8
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…of egypt that innocent blood be not in thy people israel b and the blood shall be forgiven them so shalt thou put away the innocent blood from among us if thou shalt do that which…
9Deut 21:9
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:645…in thy people israel b and the blood shall be forgiven them so shalt thou put away the innocent blood from among us if thou shalt do that which is right and pleasing in the sight…
10Deut 21:10
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:489B…t us also seek the testimony of this matter, how we put forth the hoofs, or, as it is read elsewhere, reject them. It is written in Deuteronomy: "If," it says [Deut. xxi, 10], "you go out to war against your enemi…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:11…Num. XXI; John III. ON DEUTERONOMY Of the heifer whose nerves were cut in the valley. Deut. XXI. Of the captured woman, shaven and with nails trimmed. Deut. XXI, 10. Of him who battles against enemies. De…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:651…figuratively signified to us for it holds thus if thou goest out to war against thine enemies and the lord thy god hath delivered them into thine hands and thou hast taken them captive and seest…
11Deut 21:11
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:651…hath delivered them into thine hands and thou hast taken them captive and seest among the captives a woman beautiful in form and desirest her and wouldest have her to thy wife and hast brought her…
12Deut 21:12
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:651…wife and hast brought her home into thine house then shalt thou shave her head and pare her nails and thou shalt put off the raiment of her captivity from her and shall remain in thine…
13Deut 21:13
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:651…shave her head and pare her nails and thou shalt put off the raiment of her captivity from her and shall remain in thine house and bewail her father and her mother a month of days…
14Deut 21:14
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:651…her and shalt dwell with her and she shall be thy wife and it shall be if thou have no delight in her then thou shalt let her go whither she will but thou shalt not…
17Deut 21:17
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:923…certain angelic order by him who created him and also an elder for he is the beginning of the creation of god as the scripture of the athlete of piety job says but having slipped from…
18Deut 21:18
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:509…a man has a son who is stubborn and rebellious who does not obey the voice of his father and the voice of his mother and they discipline him and he does not listen to them…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:293B…t. xx, 9. — “Every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.” Deut. xxi, 18-20. — “If a man have a stubborn and rebell…
19Deut 21:19
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:293…and that when they have chastened him will not hearken unto them then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him and bring him out unto the elders of his city and unto the…
20Deut 21:20
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:969…adultery he rejects that which is the command concerning chastity or if he is a glutton and a drunkard the law of fasts this one therefore because he is counted by the name of teacher and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:293…father and his mother lay hold on him and bring him out unto the elders of his city and unto the gate of his place and they shall say unto the elders of his city this…
OrigenesPG 16:1621…, as the Latin is from convivium, by which nothing else is indicated than poton and banquet? Lest any doubt remain, Aquila translates the Hebrew word in Deut. xxi, 20 as sympostazei. Certainly our codex o…
21Deut 21:21
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:871…of the first born turning away and rebellious and a wine bibber and all israel shall hear and fear and and when there shall be in a man a sin of the judgment of death and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:509…to our voice he gives himself to feasting and drunkenness ' and the men of his city shall stone him with stones and he shall die so you shall purge the evil from your midst and…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:293…will not obey our voice he is a glutton and a drunkard and all the men of his city shall stone him with stones that he die deut xxvii cursed be he that setteth light by…
22Deut 21:22
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:605…his child and children shall rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake but he that endureth to the end…
Cosmas of Jerusalem c. 675 – c. 760PG 38:577…who sprang from the teeth of the dragon would give himself up to be put to death and menoeceus having learned this privately from his father creon gives himself up to be put to death and…
23Deut 21:23
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:871…not remain upon the tree but you shall surely bury him on that day for he that is hanged is a curse of god and you shall not defile your land which the lord your god…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:825…this hardship because he was punished by such a sentence, but also because such a one was cursed. For cursed, he says, is everyone who hangs upon a tree. (Deut. 21. 23). Nevertheless, this cursed thing, this…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:187C…nd, Cursed is everyone who does not abide in all things written in this book (Deut. XXVII, 26); and, Cursed is he who hangs on a tree (Gal. III, 13, citing Deut. XXI, 23). Do you see how many curses? From all…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:335A…born, let not the son of the loved one be preferred before him. Concerning a disobedient son. Here lies that passage: "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" (Deut. 21:23). Since, therefore, the curse was prono…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:501A…following: "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written: Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree" (Gal. 3:13; Deut. 21:23). 2. Observe here carefully with me, s…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:477D…s righteousness itself, he made sin”; that is to say, he allowed him to be condemned as a sinner, to die as one cursed; “for cursed is he who hangs on a tree” (Deut. 21:23). For to die this way was far greater t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:651D…ys, writing: 13. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree" (Deut. 21:23). But the people were liable to the c…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:795A…ure and fight against the Scripture, how you expect salvation and blessing from the crucified One. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree" (Deut. 21:23). Attend diligently: if a Jew or anothe…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:797…And [regarding the Law], 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree' (Deut. 21:23)? Do not attend to the sequence of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:231B…ord endured, was considered the most shameful of all; this was full of ignominy, this was execrable: "For cursed," he says, "is everyone that hangs on a tree" (Deut. 21:23). Therefore also the Jews were eager to…
Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:179C…. Then I shall ask you, O interpreter of the old Scripture, how, when the Law calls the cross worthy of execration: Cursed is everyone who hangs upon it (Deut. xxi, 23), you, who honor the cross, do not seem…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:503A…and His ministers as being languid and feeble. He was made a curse, being nailed to the cross (for, says Scripture, "Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree" [Deut. xxi, 23; Galat. iii, 13]), and He removed from…