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.
مطابق با « فرهنگ الٰهیات عهد جدید » کتاب تلمود نشان می‌دهد که در میان یهودیان معمول بود که اکثر اوقات برای اثبات درستی گفته‌های خود قسم بخورند .‏