Library Theodoret Questions on Exodus
Questions on Exodus 42: Why the Sabbath was honored with rest
Why did he honor the Sabbath with rest?
He trained the people in loving-kindness. For he added, “that your male servant and your female servant may rest, and your ox and your beast of burden and all your cattle, and the sojourner who dwells among you.”
Greek: Theodoret of Cyrus, Quaestiones in Octateuchum / Questions on Exodus (CPG 6200.02; cf. Fernández Marcos and Sáenz-Badillos; also PG 80, cols. 225–298). English: study translation for BWAB Library—not the copyrighted Robert C. Hill (CUA Press) translation. The full Questions on Exodus (72 questions) is hosted here.