Deuteronomy 22:27 (WEB)
for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was no one to save her.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“If, therefore, the Scripture elsewhere says, The betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her, doth it not speak of a virgin?” — editor's note: Deut. xxii. 27.
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John Chrysostom
“And again, speaking of the damsel who is attacked, it saith, “if the young woman cry out,”meaning the virgin.” — editor's note: Deut. xxii. 27. In our translation, “the betrothed damsel cried.” This place is cited by St. Jerome on Matt. with reference to the same argument.
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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.
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