Where the Fathers quote Deuteronomy 22
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Expounded by the Fathers
Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:405expounds v.8“Εαν δε οικοδομησῃς οικιαν καινην, και ποιησεις στεφανην τω δωματι σου· και ου ποιησεις φονον εν τη οικια σου, εαν πεσῃ ο πεσων απ᾿ αυτου.”Meaning of Deuteronomy: «If you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring bloodguilt upon your house»
1Deut 22:1
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:377D…you, that seeing him wandering you did not raise him up. For if, according to the law of the Jews, one ought not to disregard the beast of burden of an enemy (Deut. 22. 1), he who disregards the perishing soul,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:561…k away from them. You shall not see the donkey of your brother or his calf fallen on the road; you shall not look away but shall surely lift them up with him. (Deut. xxii, 1-4). You understand, therefore, how m…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1135C…e's neighbor, and not to remember injuries, but to help him, and to reprove the evil things he may have perchance done; and not to render evil for evil. Deut. xxii, 1. — Thou shalt not see the ox of thy br…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:133D…Did you not hear what God commanded the Jews: not to overlook the beasts of their enemies wandering, nor to pass by them when they have fallen? (Exod. 23:4-5; Deut. 22:1). If, then, the Jews are commanded not…
4Deut 22:4
Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:545A…ing to the flesh." Rom. I, 1-3 . With good reason, therefore, is David the forefather of God. "And yet also the law." For it is written in the law Deut. XXII, 4 , that one must even raise up the f…
5Deut 22:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1057D…. For clothes for the sake of adornment should be considered rather feminine than masculine; for the law also says: "A man shall not put on a woman's garment" (Deut. 22:5). May a man not therefore be effeminate…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:215B…for a man to be in a mantle and veil: "For there shall not be," he says, "the ornament of a man upon a woman, nor shall a man be clothed in a woman's garment" (Deut. 22:5); much more is it not fitting for these…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:367…shall not be the implements of a man upon a woman nor shall a man put on a woman s garment because everyone who does these things is an abomination before the lord for god considers…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:61D…c, and he shall put linen breeches about his body.” Levit. XIX, 19. — “Expose a woven garment: and you shall not place anything adulterated upon yourself.” Deut. XXII, 5, 6. — “A man’s equipment shall not be u…
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:549…is laid down a woman shall not wear a man's apparel nor shall a man put on a woman's garment for all that do so are an abomination before god st thomas in a ae q…
6Deut 22:6
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:559…deuteronomy if you chance upon a bird's nest in the way in any tree or upon the earth with young ones or eggs and the mother sits upon the young or upon…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1243A…er is brooding over the chicks, you shall not take the mother with the children. You shall send away the mother, but the children you shall take for yourself” (Deut. xxii, 6, 7). For every virtue is the mother of…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:51C…non colliges, et vitem tuam non ex toto vindemiabis, neque grana vitis tuæ colliges. Pauperi et peregrino dimittes ea. » TIT. XIII. — De venatoribus. Deut. xxii, 6, 7. — « Si incideris in nidum avis in q…
7Deut 22:7
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1055…seventh day and again honor thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee and that thou mayest be long lived upon the land which the lord thy god will give thee these…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:739…eleventh instance chap v honour thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee and that thou mayest live long upon the earth chap vi in the epistles to the philippians and to…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:163…to keep it holy honor thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee and that thou mayest be long lived thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt not kill thou shalt not…
8Deut 22:8
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1775A…itten in the Law: "If you build a house for yourselves, and make a roof for it, make a parapet for the roof, so that your children may not fall from the roof" (Deut. xxii, 8). The crown is humility. For this is wh…
9Deut 22:9
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:93C…23, tebel, Theodotion [writes] thabel, Thabel; but Aquila, epistremmenon, "prohibited"; Symmachus, aphēton, "infamous"; the Vulgate, scelus. And in Deut. XXII, 9, Theodotion translates kōluma, "imped…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:651A…script. Ibid. All., κώλυμα. From the Basilian manuscript, which does not name the interpreter. But it seems to be Theodotion’s, who translates the word thus, Deut. xxii, 9. — Ó, διάφορον. The Roman edition, δι…
10Deut 22:10
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:813…a you shall not plow with an ox and an ass together do not yoke the proud and laborious element of the soul with the pleasure loving…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:141…which are unsuited for one another it is forbidden in deuteronomy to plow with an ox and an ass for the same purpose that is do not yoke the noble a and industrious part of the…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1203…hich is to be commended and is praiseworthy, 504. Boötes. See Orion. The ox possesses greater intelligence than the ass, 387. Why it was forbidden in Deuteronomy xxii, 10, to plow with an ox and an ass together, 387. Among oxen li…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:793…which are incongruous and cannot go together for it says you shall not plow with an ox and an ass together and again you shall not wear a garment made of wool and linen together consider…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1149…are regarding the leprosy of walls of beams of garments not to plow with an ox and an ass and similar things which are contained in legal traditions but the letter of the ten commandments is…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1831…to each other we read in deuteronomy that it is forbidden to plow with an ox and an ass together that is you must not yoke the active and industrious part of the soul with the…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1679…birth as the law also makes plain for it says you shall not plow with an ox and an ass together a that is with a pure and an impure thought you shall not offer in…
11Deut 22:11
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:143A…Timothy, and the disparagement of Eusebius. 83 The beauty of the soul ought not to be marred by calamities. 84 The prohibition of a garment of linen and wool, Deuter. XXII, 11, etc.; what it meant, namely, that one…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1841D…great destruction from the hills." For when the enemies have broken through the wall and opened the gates, with a shout and with clamor Isa. XIII, 3. ▼ Deut. XXII, 11. ⟦alt-version omitted⟧…
14Deut 22:14
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:1353…a Daniēl, "The satraps were seeking to find an occasion against Daniel." IV Kings 5, 7: Idete, oti prophasizetai, "See that he seeks an occasion." Deuteronomy 22, 14: Kai epithē autē prophasistikous logous, "And he shall la…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:583…words of opportunity and brings upon her an evil name and says i took this woman and when i approached her i did not find her tokens of virginity then the father and mother of the…
17Deut 22:17
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:583…i did not find tokens of virginity for your daughter and behold the tokens of my daughter's virginity and they shall spread the garment before the elders of that city and the elders of that city…
18Deut 22:18
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…
19Deut 22:19
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:583…and fine him one hundred shekels and they shall give them to the father of the damsel because he has brought an evil name upon a virgin of israel and she shall be his wife he…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1233…shall give to the father of the young woman fifty silver drachmas and she shall be his wife he calls a virgin here the one who is not yet betrothed to christ through faith and still…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:249…give them to the father of the young girl because he brought an evil name upon a virgin of israel and she shall be his wife he shall not be able to send her away for…
21Deut 22:21
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:1023D…12). And again, speaking of a girl who had lost the virginity of her body by being violently oppressed: If, he says, the adolescent girl shall have cried out (Deut. 22. 21): that is, a virgin. And those things w…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:249…for the young girl they shall bring her out to the doors of her father's house and the men of the city shall stone her and she shall die because she committed folly if a young…
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1339C…consumes the priest’s daughter who has fornicated with fire, the daughter of a layman with stones, and that of the married woman with the sword (Levit. xxi, 9; Deut. xxii, 21). And nowhere in the law is there power…
22Deut 22:22
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:539…of god the blessed moses in deuteronomy says if a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband you shall kill both the man lying with the woman and the woman herself and…
24Deut 22:24
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:725…die the damsel because she did not cry out when she was in the city and the man because he humbled his neighbor's wife and it is fitting that a virgin be called alma many fathers…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:827D…h the young, let them praise the name of the Lord" (Ps. 148:12). And concerning the girl for whom snares were being prepared, Moses says: "The girl cried out" (Deut. 22:24). If it were not a virgin, what kin…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:539…stones and die the young woman because she did not cry out in the city and the man because he humbled his neighbor s wife and you shall remove the evil from yourselves but if a…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1233…both shall die the young woman because she did not cry out in the city and the man because he humbled the wife of his neighbor a virgin betrothed to a man is a soul called…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:249…a city and sleeps with her you shall lead both out to the gate of that city and they shall stone both with stones and they shall die the young girl because she did not cry…
25Deut 22:25
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1219A…hat the damsel cannot be, 528. The same contend that the Hebrew word denotes a damsel, not a virgin, as the Septuagint would have it, 528. But it is clear from Deut. xxii, 25 and III Kings 1, 3, that the word "dams…
26Deut 22:26
Gregory ThaumaturgusPG 10:1021…oman; for just as if a man rises up against his neighbor and murders his soul, so is this matter; the young woman cried out, and there was no one to help her” (Deut. xxii, 26, 27). These things, then, are such. BA…
27Deut 22:27
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:327…they correctly explain this LXX [reading] "the beginning of the children," or "first in offspring": for this form of speech is likewise taken in this sense in Deut. xxii, 27; Ps. lxxvii, 51, and civ, 16. The inter…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:861…the age of the age because when they were in trouble they cried and there was none to save unto the lord and he heard them not but they were shackled and fell while we have…
29Deut 22:29
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:543…who lay with her shall give to the father of the damsel fifty shekels of silver and she shall be his wife because he has humbled her he shall not be able to send her away…