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Romans 7:2

Eastern Fathers

John Chrysostom

Next, after hinting this at the commencement, he carries on what he has to say by way of proof, in the woman's case, in the following way. "For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the Law to her husband, so long as he liveth: but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the Law of her husband. …

Homily on Romans 12 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

He hints at this at the beginning, and further on speaks of it from another side. Namely: when the husband dies, the wife has the right to join in marriage with another.

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Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

Then he clarifies what he had said with an example from the law of marriage, when he says for the woman who has a husband: first, he gives the example; second, he clarifies it by a sign, at therefore, while. In regard to the first he does two things. …

Commentary on Romans ↗