Deuteronomy 13:8 (WEB)
you shall not consent to him nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him;
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyprian of Carthage
“Thine hand shall be upon him first of all to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people; and they shall stone him, and he shall die, because he hath sought to turn thee away from the Lord thy God.”” — editor's note: Deut. xiii. 6–10.
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Jerome
“Wherefore also in the Law it is said: “If thy brother or thy friend or the wife of thy bosom entice thee from the truth, thine hand shall be upon them and thou shalt shed their blood, and so shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of Israel.”” — editor's note: Deut. xiii. 6–9.
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Tertullian
“For God had commanded even Abraham to make a sacrifice of his son, for the sake not of tempting, but proving, his faith; in order through him to make an example for that precept of His, whereby He was, by and by, to enjoin that he should hold no pledges of affection dearer than God.” — editor's note: i.e. no children even. The reference is apparently to Matt. x. 37 and Luke xiv. 26, with which may be compared Deut. xiii. 6–10 and xxxiii. 9. If Oehler’s…
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.
Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 8.