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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:576expounds v.24“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.24“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.24“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.24“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 101:349expounds v.24“οφθαλμον αντι οφθαλμου, οδοντα αντι οδοντος, χειρα αντι χειρος, ποδα αντι ποδος,”50. Reconciling «It was said to those of old, an eye for an eye... but I say to you, do not resist the evil one, but whoever slaps you...» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:636expounds v.24“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»
1Exod 21:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:293…things rest in the bosom of abraham b and these are my judgments which thou shalt set before them if thou buyest a hebrew servant and so forth it is necessary to examine what the law…
2Exod 21:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:293…day six years he shall serve thee and in the seventh year he shall go out free for nothing it signifies that which was granted in the seventh year the liberty and furthermore also the rest… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1923…day six years he shall serve you and in the seventh year he shall go out free for nothing the liberty granted in the seventh year and furthermore the rest from works on the sabbath signify… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:499…he shall serve you for six years but in the seventh year he shall go out free for nothing h and these things are in exodus but in deuteronomy again it says thus h but if… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:501…by faith and i say that this is what is meant by he shall go out free for nothing but he says when you send him out free from you you shall not send him out… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:675…which thy neighbor oweth thee and again when thou hast possessed a hebrew servant six years he shall serve thee but in the seventh year thou shalt send him away free from thee and our lord… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:611…adoption offered by faith and not by works wherefore it is added he shall go out free for nothing those viatica set christ before our eyes for that he might snatch and withdraw us from the… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:615…the judgments etc xxi he holds the form of the law saying if thou buy an hebrew servant six years he shall serve thee and again if any man sell his daughter into service etc this…
3Exod 21:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:423…contend staters the hebraic text version he shall go out free and his wife shall go out with him and his master shall bring him before the gods and when a man shall have sold his… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:425…shall go out free another you shall send him out free and his wife shall go out with him another and his wife shall go out together with him and his master shall bring him to…
5Exod 21:5
Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:933…the servant shall say i love my master and my wife and children i will not go out free then his master shall bring him to the gods that is the judges and shall apply him…
6Exod 21:6
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:271…door without the master s order interr xlvi why is it added and he shall serve him for ever when human life is determined it is evident from this that for ever s culum does not… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1275…erpr. Tom. 1, p. 38, Gen. 2, 6 — 43 — 5, 1 — 56 — 4, 6 — 59, 60 — 4, 26 — 65 — 1, 29 — 120, Exod. 1, 7 — 139 — 12, 11 — 180, Levit. 1, 16 — 200 — 16, 22 — 267, Exod. 21, 6 — 566, I Reg. 6 — 569 — 9 — 575 — 13 —… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:615…to witness this day against you if ye shall have transgressed etc his master shall bring him unto the judges concerning the six year servitude and manumission we have discoursed in the exposition of the fourth… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:933…master and my wife and children i will not go out free then his master shall bring him to the gods that is the judges and shall apply him to the door or door posts and…
7Exod 21:7
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:423…him before the gods and when a man sells his daughter as a maidservant she shall not go out as the other servants go out if she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:425…the tribunal of god if anyone shall sell his own daughter as a maidservant she shall not go out as the maidservants go out if she be displeasing to her master to whom he had betrothed… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:615…he shall redeem her what then does it mean when he says she shall not go out as the bondwomen do truly he teaches that it is not lawful for her to be sold to just…
8Exod 21:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:765A…es the reading of Symmachus in the text of the LXX. From the Basiliensis. It seems to be that of Symmachus, who translates the similar Hebrew expression above, Exod. XXI, 8. V. 35. Another, "the same thing you sh…
12Exod 21:12
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1177B…uilty. And if anyone should strike the eye of a bondservant, or the eye of his handmaid, and blinds him, he shall send them away free, in return for their eye ⟦Exod. XXI, 12-26 ⟧.» Such are the things of Moses as wel…
14Exod 21:14
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:305…nt, but send away the guilty. "If anyone attacks his neighbor to kill him with deceit, and he flees, you shall take him from my altar to be put to death" (Exod. xxi, 14). "Do not deliver a servant into the h…
15Exod 21:15
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:927…to anyone a disobedient son xxi and elsewhere it says whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death item whoever curses his mother or father shall be punished with death indeed he… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:293A…asing to God. TITLE XXIII. — Concerning parricides and matricides; and what evils follow those who despise their parents and do not comply with them. Exod. xxi, 15. — “He that smiteth his father, or his…
16Exod 21:16
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:537C…odus indeed: "If any man steal any of the children of Israel, and having oppressed him by force, sell him, and he be found in his hand, let him die the death" (Exod. xxi, 16). And in Deuteronomy: "If a man be foun…
17Exod 21:17
Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:289A…first commandment, that it may be well with you, lying in promises (Exod. xx, 12; Eph. vi, 2). And, He who curses father or mother, let him die the death (Exod. xxi, 17). He likewise honored the good, and pun… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:753…power, and honor, forever and ever. Amen. ON FATE AND PROVIDENCE. ORATION II. "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die the death" (Exod. 21:17); this law was set in the Old Testament… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:267C…id: Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you (Exod. 20:12); and, The one who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die the death (Exod. 21:17); this they fulfilled already by their… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:597B…gifts, but those who transgress the law He punishes with great and terrible evils. "He who speaks evil," He says, "of father or mother, let him die the death" (Exod. 21:17). But to those who honor them, He says… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:765D…peak, when God, whenever we are insulted by them, does not even spare their lives; for He says, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die the death (Exod. 21. 17); but when He is insulted by them, do… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:663B…unrestrained tongue against his parents, it willed to be held to the same penalties. "For he who shall curse father or mother," it says, "shall die the death" (Exod. XXI, 17). Since, then, the Legislator order… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:293…and do not comply with them h exod xxi he that smiteth his father or his mother shall be put to death he that curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death levit… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:621…in contempt then there is a place for that judgment which says he that curseth his father or his mother let him die the death the first duty of christian piety is to honor our progenitors… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:203C…o you deem yourself worthy to approach the divine vestibules? How will this accord? For if those who curse father or mother die the death according to the law (Exod. 21:17), what judgment will he be worthy of wh… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:331C…does not command alone, but he himself undertakes the work together with you. How, finally? "He who curses father or mother," he says, "let him die the death" [Exod. 21:17]. You see how great a fear he has struc…
18Exod 21:18
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1177…death and if two men should quarrel and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die but lies in his bed if he should get up and walk… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:579…he says again if two men quarrel and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die but lies in bed if the man rises and walks abroad on…
20Exod 21:20
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:579…slaves if any man strike his male slave or his female slave with a rod and he die under his hands he shall surely be punished but if he survive one day or two he shall…
21Exod 21:21
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:579…his hands he shall surely be punished but if he survive one day or two he shall not be punished for he is his money he punishes the greatest rage with death for god did not… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1063…his hands he shall surely be punished but if they survive for a day or two he shall not be punished for it is his money b salomon he who does not diligently attend to his…
22Exod 21:22
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:545…go unpunished for those who wish to act thus saying if two men strive and hurt a woman with child and her fruit depart from her unformed he shall be punished according as the woman's husband… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:481C…king about the one who struck a pregnant woman, he said: “If the fetus should come forth formed, he shall give eye for eye, tooth for tooth,” and what follows (Exod. XXI, 22-24). But if it should come forth unformed,… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:589B…woman, and the child comes out unformed, he shall be penalized exactly as the woman's husband shall impose. But if it is formed, you shall give life for life" (Exod. xxi, 22, 25). And from Canon 33 and Canon 52 [i…
23Exod 21:23
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1339C…ack to those who have sinned a just and deserved recompense through the equality of retaliation. "Life," it says, for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth (Exod. xxi, 23; Matt. v, 38). But where equality of re…
24Exod 21:24
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… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:405D…d Testament? For this is most marvelous of all, that where it was not commanded to love one's enemies, but rather [to seek] "eye for eye, and tooth for tooth" (Exod 21:24-25), and to render evil for evil, they rea… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:415…his same thing? For this is what is most wondrous, when those who were not commanded to love their enemies, but to cast out "eye for eye, and tooth for tooth" (Exod. 21:24, 25), and to defend themselves with equ… 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 56:809A…to the Gentiles, that they may learn not to forswear themselves: but you follow me, that you may not swear. You have, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (Exod. 21:24): trade this to the Gentiles, that they… Nemesius of Emesa fl. c. 400PG 40:575B…nner, and are regulated in one way for the young and in another for those who are more mature. For though the law established the formula, An eye for an eye [Exod. XXI, 24], it did not say to them, "Gouge 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…
26Exod 21:26
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:551…hindering them for it speaks thus obliquely in exodus if someone strikes the eye of his servant or the eye of his maidservant and blinds it he shall send them away free for their eye's sake…
27Exod 21:27
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:693…unished a helpless man, give him something worthy for the injury, as it is written in the Law: "If you strike your slave and break his tooth, let him go free" (Exod. 21. 27). According to this, it must be underst…
28Exod 21:28
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1017…words of plato but moses anticipating this says if a bull should gore a man or a woman and he die the bull shall be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten but the owner… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:525…and they die the bull shall be stoned with stones and its flesh shall not be eaten but the master of the bull shall be innocent but if the bull was a confirmed gorer from yesterday… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1235…soul being required to pay the ultimate penalty if a bull should gore a man or a woman and kill them it shall be stoned with stones and its flesh shall not be eaten but the…
29Exod 21:29
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:525…its master and he has not kept it in and it has killed a man or a woman the bull shall be stoned and its master shall also die if a ransom is imposed upon him…
32Exod 21:32
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:525…shall do to him according to this same judgment if it gores a manservant or a maidservant he shall give thirty shekels of silver c to their master and the bull shall be stoned is this…
34Exod 21:34
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:529…not cover it and a calf or an ass falls into it the owner of the pit shall pay compensation he shall give silver to their owner and the dead beast shall be his a this…