Esther 6 in the early church

9 passages quote, allude to, or echo Esther 6, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 3 · 10 · 11

Esther 6:1

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Esth 6:1–11	On First Principles 3.2.4 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Esth 6:1	On First Principles 3.2.4 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Esth 6:1–11	On First Principles 3.3.4 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Esth 6:1–3	Letter to Africanus 15 · Origen	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 240–245
Esth 6:1	The Conferences 1.19 · John Cassian	allusion, high confidence	ca. 426–429

Esther 6:3

The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Esth 6:3	On the Duties of the Clergy 3.21 · Ambrose	allusion, high confidence	ca. 386–390

Esther 6:10

“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Esth 6:10–12	Demonstration 9.3 · Aphrahat	allusion, medium confidence	337-345
Esth 6:10	Question 101, section 9 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384

Esther 6:11

So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Esth 6:11	Question 101, section 9 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384