Jeremiah 36 in the early church
[Vulgate: Jeremias]
13 passages quote, allude to, or echo Jeremiah 36, 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.
Verses: 1 · 4 · 23 · 27 · 30 · 31
Jeremiah 36:1
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 36:1–32 | Demonstration 14.45 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
Jeremiah 36:4
So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 36:4–26 | Against Parmenian the Donatist 7.1 · Optatus of Milevis | allusion, high confidence | ca. 366–385 |
| Jer 36:4 | Letter 31.2 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Jer 36:4 | Altercatio, chapter 2, speech 31 · Evagrius of Gaul | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400 |
Jeremiah 36:23
And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 36:23 | Preparation for the Gospel 9.39.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea | echo, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Jer 36:23 | Letter 31.2 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Jer 36:23 | Letter 51.1 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Jer 36:23 | Letter 76.4 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 386–430 |
| Jer 36:23 | Homilies on Matthew 9.4 · John Chrysostom | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390 |
| Jer 36:23–31 | On Baptism, against the Donatists 2.9 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 400–401 |
Jeremiah 36:27
After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 36:27–28 (43:27-Jer LXX) | Against Parmenian the Donatist 7.1 · Optatus of Milevis | quotation, high confidence | ca. 366–385 |
Jeremiah 36:30
Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 36:30 (43:30 LXX) | Against Heresies 3.21.9 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
Jeremiah 36:31
I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 36:31 (43:31 LXX) | Against Heresies 3.21.9 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |