Deuteronomy 22:24 (WEB)
then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn’t cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor’s wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
“…and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he humbled his neighbour’s wife.”” — editor's note: Cf. Deut. xxii. 23, 24.
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Jerome
“Let her read the books of Moses and she will find that if violence is offered to a betrothed virgin in a city and she does not cry out, she is punished as an adulteress: but if she is forced in the field, she is innocent of sin and her ravisher alone is amenable to the laws.” — editor's note: Deut. xxii. 23–27.
Read the whole comment“The following evidence from Deuteronomy establishes the point.” — editor's note: Deut. xxii. 24, 25.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Against Celsus I.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.34.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.34.