Ezra 7 in the early church

[LXX: 2 Esdras (with Nehemiah); Vulgate: 1 Esdras]

6 passages quote, allude to, or echo Ezra 7, 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 · 6 · 10 · 11 · 27

Ezra 7:1

Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezra 7:1	Against Heresies 3.21.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons	allusion, low confidence	ca. 180–190
Ezra 7:1–10	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.49 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–324

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezra 7:6	Demonstration 2.13 · Aphrahat	allusion, medium confidence	337-345

Ezra 7:10

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezra 7:10	Part 2, chapter 36 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 445-450

Ezra 7:11

This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezra 7:11–26	Fragment 44 · Julius Africanus	allusion, high confidence	after 221

Ezra 7:27

Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Ezra 7:27	Against Two Letters of the Pelagians 4.14 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 420–421