美总统就职仪式上的圣经誓言 I Do Solemnly Swear

亚伯拉罕•林肯

1861年，林肯使用一本最高法院职员威廉•托马斯•卡罗尔购买的圣经，随意翻到一页。在他连任的就职仪式上，将一本不知出处的圣经翻开到马太福音第7章第1节。

“你们不要论断人，免得你们被论断。”
──马太福音7:1

Abraham Lincoln
 1861, 1865

In 1861, Lincoln used a Bible purchased by William Thomas Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court, opened at random. His second inaugural Bible, of unknown origin, was open to Matthew 7:1.
"Judge not, that ye be not judged."
-- Matthew 7:1
This painting of Lincoln's second inauguration shows Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administering the oath over a closed Bible.