Deuteronomy 25 in the early church
136 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 25, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
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Deuteronomy 25:1
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:1 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 25:1–6 | Deuteronomy, lines 103–127 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Deuteronomy 25:3
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:3 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 25:3 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 811 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Deut 25:3 | Commentary on 2 Corinthians 11:24 · Ambrosiaster | allusion, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
Deuteronomy 25:4
Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:4 | Miscellanies 2.18.94 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Deut 25:4 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Marcion 2.17 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Marcion 3.5 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Marcion 4.21 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Marcion 4.24 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Marcion 5.7 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Marcion 5.16 · Tertullian | allusion, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 25:4 | On First Principles 2.4.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |
| Deut 25:4 | On First Principles 4.2.6 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398) |
| Deut 25:4 | Homilies on Joshua 9.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 25:4 | Homilies on Leviticus 9.8 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Celsus 2.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Celsus 4.49 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 248 |
| Deut 25:4 | Apostolic Church Order 12 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 300 |
| Deut 25:4 | Acta Archelai (Latin) 24 · Hegemonius | quotation, high confidence | early to mid 4th century (Greek original) |
| Deut 25:4 | Tractates on the Psalms 118.1.5 · Hilary of Poitiers | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Deut 25:4 | Commentary on 1 Corinthians 9:9 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Deut 25:4 | Commentary on 1 Timothy 5:18 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–384 |
| Deut 25:4 | On Virginity 3 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–371 |
| Deut 25:4 | Letter 98.4 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Deut 25:4 | Letter 110.4 · Jerome | allusion, low confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Deut 25:4 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 42.12.3 · Epiphanius of Salamis | quotation, high confidence | 374-377 |
| Deut 25:4 | Apostolic Constitutions 2.25.4 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Deut 25:4 | Letter 73.4 · Augustine of Hippo | echo, low confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Deut 25:4 | Homilies on Matthew 30.2 · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Deut 25:4 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.59.1 · Ambrose | quotation, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Deut 25:4 | Homily 0 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
| Deut 25:4 | Homily 7 · Gregory of Nyssa | quotation, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
| Deut 25:4 | Homily 15.1 on 1 Timothy · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 392-397 |
| Deut 25:4 | Homily 15.2 on 1 Timothy · John Chrysostom | quotation, high confidence | ca. 392-397 |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Adimantus, a Disciple of Mani 14 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 394 |
| Deut 25:4 | On Christian Doctrine 2.10 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | Books 1–3 ca. 396–397; completed 426–427 |
| Deut 25:4 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 6.9 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Deut 25:4 | On the Work of Monks 8 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 400–401 |
| Deut 25:4 | Tractates on the Gospel of John 10.7 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | ca. 406–420 |
| Deut 25:4 | The Conferences 14.7 · John Cassian | echo, low confidence | ca. 426–429 |
Deuteronomy 25:5
When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
Deuteronomy 25:6
The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:6 | Letter to Aristides 2 · Julius Africanus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220–240 |
| Deut 25:6 | Commentary on Matthew 17.31 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 25:6 | Homilies on Matthew 48.3 · John Chrysostom | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Deut 25:6 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.64.3 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Deut 25:6 | Sermon 51.29 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Deut 25:6 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Deut 25:6 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.10 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Deut 25:6 | Questions on Leviticus 61 (on Lev 18:16) · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 419–420 |
| Deut 25:6 | Retractations 2.12 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 426-427 |
Deuteronomy 25:7
But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:7 | Commentary on Matthew 17.31 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 25:7 | Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 25:7 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.64.1 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Deut 25:7 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Deut 25:7–12 | Deuteronomy, lines 128–151 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Deuteronomy 25:8
Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:8 | Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 25:8 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
Deuteronomy 25:9
his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:9 | Homilies on Exodus 12.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 25:9 | Homilies on Numbers 7.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 25:9 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 113 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Deut 25:9 | Commentary on Matthew 17.31 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 25:9 | Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 25:9–10 | To Quirinus 2.19 · Cyprian of Carthage | allusion, high confidence | ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later) |
| Deut 25:9 | On the Blessings of the Patriarchs 22 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 387-392 |
| Deut 25:9 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 43.64.1 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 387-397 |
| Deut 25:9 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Deut 25:9 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.10 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
| Deut 25:9 | On the Good of Widowhood 10 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 414 |
Deuteronomy 25:10
And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:10 | Homilies on Exodus 12.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 25:10 | Commentary on Matthew 17.30 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 25:10 | Commentary on Matthew 17.32 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Deut 25:10 | Against Faustus the Manichaean 32.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 398–400 |
Deuteronomy 25:11
If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:11 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 25:11 | Commentary on Matthew 15.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
Deuteronomy 25:12
you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:12 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 25:12 | Commentary on Matthew 15.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
Deuteronomy 25:13
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:13 | Exhortation to the Greeks 6.69 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
| Deut 25:13 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXV (on Deut 24–26) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 25:13 | Preparation for the Gospel 8.7.8 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Deut 25:13 | Preparation for the Gospel 8.8.49 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Deut 25:13–16 | On Saint Athanasius 1.8 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
| Deut 25:13–15 | Against the Manichees, Greek continuation of book 3, Lagarde p. 89 · Titus of Bostra | quotation, high confidence | ca. 360s |
| Deut 25:13–15 | Oration 14.24 · Gregory of Nazianzus | echo, low confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Deut 25:13–15 | Oration 16.19 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Deuteronomy 25:14
You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:14 | Exhortation to the Greeks 6.69 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
Deuteronomy 25:15
You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:15 | Exhortation to the Greeks 6.69 · Clement of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 190–200 |
Deuteronomy 25:16
For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:16 | Apostolic Constitutions 4.6.5 · Anonymous | allusion, low confidence | ca. 380 |
Deuteronomy 25:17
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 25:17–18 | Homilies on Numbers 19.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |