Deuteronomy 19:15 (WEB)
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
Fathers and councils · 13
Tertullian
“For the wont of the old law was to avenge itself by the vengeance of the glaive, and to pluck out “eye for eye,” and to inflict retaliatory revenge for injury.” — editor's note: Comp. Ex. xxi. 24, 25; Lev. xxiv. 17–22; Deut. xix. 11–21; Matt. v. 38.
Read the whole comment“For if “in the mouth of three witnesses every word shall stand:”—while, through the benediction, we have the same (three) as witnesses of our faith whom we have as sureties of our salvation too—how much more does the number of the divine names suffice for the assurance of our hope likewise!” — editor's note: Deut. xix. 15; Matt. xviii. 16; 2 Cor. xiii. 1.
Read the whole comment““In the mouth of three witnesses,” says He, “shall every word be established.”” — editor's note: Compare Deut. xix. 15 with Luke ix. 28.
Read the whole comment“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.
Read the whole comment“Not as if He thus disapproved of all the rest, but because “by three witnesses must every word be established.”” — editor's note: Deut. xix. 15, and 2 Cor. xiii. 1.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“What then, shall every word be established at the mouth of two of three witnesses, according to the Scripture, and, though twelve bear witness to the Resurrection of Christ, art thou still incredulous in regard to His Resurrection?” — editor's note: Deut. xix. 15.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“She replied that she could not: yet these equitable judges admitted her to oath, although it is said in the law, that “at the mouth of two or three witnesses shall the matter be established;” and the apostle says, “against an elder receive not any accusation but before two or three witnesses.”” — editor's note: Deut. xix. 15
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Augustine of Hippo
“…of the Jews;” in three tongues as though by three witnesses the Title was confirmed: because “in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall stand every word.”…” — editor's note: Matt. xviii. 16; Deut. xix. 15.
Read the whole comment“For it is a great question, my brethren, and to me it certainly appears to have been ordained in a mystery, where God said, “In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.”” — editor's note: Deut. xix. 15; Matt. xviii. 16.
Read the whole comment“For who speaketh in secret, that speaketh before so many persons; as it is written, “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established:” especially if that be spoken to a few which he wisheth to become known to many through them; as the Lord Himself said to the few whom He had as yet, “What I…” — editor's note: Deut. xix. 15.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…and even then he does not send a multitude to him, but one or two, alleging the law, “That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.” [Deut 19:15] This is that you may have witnesses that you have done all your part.” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“I think so; for “at the mouth of two or three witnesses shall the matter be established.”” — editor's note: Deut. xix. 15.
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Leo the Great
“For Moses and Elias, that is the Law and the Prophets, appeared talking with the Lord; that in the presence of those five men might most truly be fulfilled what was said: “In two or three witnesses stands every word.”” — editor's note: Deut. xix. 15.
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Cross-references · 22
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 18:15–17 (6) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 18:15–17 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 5.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit Chapter 28.
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Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.