Ezra 6 in the early church
[LXX: 2 Esdras (with Nehemiah); Vulgate: 1 Esdras]
19 passages quote, allude to, or echo Ezra 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 · 8 · 15 · 16 · 19 · 22
Ezra 6:1
Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 6:1–15 | Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.84 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, high confidence | ca. 314–324 |
Ezra 6:3
In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 6:3 | Tractates on the Psalms 146.3 · Hilary of Poitiers | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 360–367 |
Ezra 6:8
I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 6:8 | On the Destruction of Jerusalem 5.16 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370 |
Ezra 6:15
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
Ezra 6:16
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 6:16 | Miscellanies 1.21.124 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Ezra 6:16–22 | Apostolic Constitutions 7.37.3 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
Ezra 6:19
On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 6:19 | Miscellanies 1.21.124 · Clement of Alexandria | allusion, high confidence | ca. 198–203 |
| Ezra 6:19 | On the Computation of Easter 9 · Anonymous | allusion, high confidence | 243 |
Ezra 6:22
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra 6:22 | Demonstration of the Gospel 7.1.69 · Eusebius of Caesarea | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 314–324 |