5: 33 - 37; 23: 16 - 22. According to the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, that “the inclination of the Jewish people to confirm all possible statements by an oath ” was very strong may be discerned from passages of the Talmud, which painstakingly specifies which oaths were to be considered binding and which were not.
See, kui tugev oli juutide kalduvus kinnitada kõikvõimalikke mõtteavaldusi vandega, ilmneb teatmeteose „Theological Dictionary of the New Testament ” sõnul Talmudi katketest, kus kirjeldatakse üksipulgi, millised vanded on kehtivad ja millised mitte.