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Oaths
“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’
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But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
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that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
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The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted
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“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’
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You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’
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But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
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He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”
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And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”
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The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.
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the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
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But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.
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The Plot to Kill Paul
The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
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They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
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Don’t give in to them, because more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.”
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So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
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Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’” And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.
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People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.
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Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.
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And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,
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but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
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Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.
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For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
