Ezra 3 in the early church
[LXX: 2 Esdras (with Nehemiah); Vulgate: 1 Esdras]
20 passages quote, allude to, or echo Ezra 3, 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.
Ezra 3:2
Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 3:2 | Commentary on Daniel 4.30 · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Ezra 3:2 | Commentary on Daniel 4.31-34 · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 202-204 |
| Ezra 3:2 | Preparation for the Gospel 10.10.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Ezra 3:2 | Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.62 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Ezra 3:2 | Defence before Constantius 17 · Athanasius of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 353–357 |
| Ezra 3:2 | Tractates on the Psalms 126.3 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360–367 |
| Ezra 3:2 | Letter 45.6 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ezra 3:2 | Letter 76.3 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Ezra 3:2 | Apostolic Constitutions 7.37.4 · Anonymous | allusion, low confidence | ca. 380 |
Ezra 3:3
They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 3:3 | City of God 18.26 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |
Ezra 3:8
In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 3:8 | To Autolycus 3.29 · Theophilus of Antioch | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 180–185 |
| Ezra 3:8 | Against Heresies 4.34.4 · Irenaeus of Lyons | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Ezra 3:8 | Preparation for the Gospel 9.40.11 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Ezra 3:8 | Preparation for the Gospel 10.14.8 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 313–324 |
| Ezra 3:8 | Demonstration of the Gospel 8.1.14 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Ezra 3:8–10 | Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.62 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
| Ezra 3:8 | Book of Rules 7 · Tyconius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
Ezra 3:10
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 3:10 | On the Computation of Easter 16 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 243 |
| Ezra 3:10 | Demonstration 19.11 · Aphrahat | allusion, medium confidence | 337-345 |
| Ezra 3:10 | City of God 18.26 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | 413–426 |