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
कारण, कोणत्या शपथा पाळल्याच पाहिजेत आणि कोणत्या शपथा मोडल्या जाऊ शकतात हे त्या लिखाणात अगदी सविस्तरपणे सांगण्यात आलं आहे.