Deuteronomy 17:6 (WEB)
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Fathers and councils · 4
Athanasius of Alexandria
“The law requires that in the mouth of two or three witnesses judgments shall be settled, and we have here this great multitude of witnesses in my favour, with the addition of the proofs afforded by my enemies; so much so…” — editor's note: Deut. xvii. 6.
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Basil the Great
“He who has set at naught a marriage of man, with no mercy shewn him, in the presence of two or three witnesses, dies.” — editor's note: i.e. by the old Jewish law. Deut. xvii. 6. Adultery was not capital under the Lex Julia, but was made so by Constantine.
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Tertullian
“For just so many honorary companions were required by the word of God, which usually prescribes “two witnesses.”” — editor's note: Deut. xvii. 6, xix. 15, compared with Matt. xviii. 16 and 2 Cor. xiii. 1.
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Jerome
“Such witness as is not believed even in the mouth of a Cato, for in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” — editor's note: Numb. xxxv. 30; Deut. xvii. 6; 2 Cor. xiii. 1.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cited together in Defence Against the Arians I.1.
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.