KWINCWADI kaMateyu 13:24-26 uYesu wathi: “Ubukumkani bamazulu bufaniswa nomntu owahlwayela imbewu entle entsimini yakhe. Kwathike xa baleleyo abantu, kwafika utshaba lwakhe lwahlwayela ukhula phakathi kwengqolowa, lwemka. Lithe ke lakuhluma ikhaba laza lavelisa isiqhamo, lwandula ke ukubonakala nokhula.” Ababhali abathile bayayithandabuza into yokuba lo mzekeliso wawuthetha ngento eyayisenzeka nyhani. Kodwa imibhalo yamandulo engomthetho wamaRoma ibonisa ukuba le nto yayisenzeka.

Esiny’ isichazi-magama seBhayibhile sithi: “Ngokomthetho wamaRoma, yayikukwaphula-umthetho ukuhlwayela ukhula kwintsimi yomnye umntu kuba usithi ubuyisa izitya. Into yokuba kubekho loo mthetho ibonisa ukuba oku kwakuyinto eqhele ukwenzeka.” Umphengululi wezomthetho uAlastair Kerr ucacisa athi, ngo-533 C.E., uMlawuli ongumRoma uJustinian wapapasha iDigest, eyayisithi gqaba-gqaba ngomthetho wamaRoma kwaye icaphula nabantu ababesazi umthetho ngexesha lakudala (malunga no-100 ukuya ku-250 C.E.) Ngokutsho kwale Digest yakhe, isazi ngomthetho, u-Ulpian wathetha ngetyala elachotshelwa nguCelsus, umlawuli ongumRoma wenkulungwane yesibini. Kwakuhlwayelwe ukhula kwintsimi yomnye umntu lwaza lonakalisa oko kwakulinyiwe. Le Digest ithetha ngembuyekezo eyayinokufunyanwa ngumnini okanye ngumntu oqeshe ifama, kuloo mntu ubangele ukuba alahlekelwe.

Into yokuba le ntlondi yayisenzeka kwimimandla eyayiphethwe ngamaRoma ngexesha lamandulo ibonisa ukuba uYesu wayezekelisa ngento eyayisenzeka ngokwenene.