申命記 21:18-21 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The rebellious son. A law of this kind, which left it to the parents themselves to impeach their disobedient son, while ordaining that, when the charge was proved against him, and it could be shown that the parents had duly corrected him, the offender should be put to death, would, we may believe, very rarely be enforced. In cases so aggravated that its enforcement was necessary, the penalty, judged by the usages and state of feeling of the time, would be thought anything but severe. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

A slippery path to ruin. It is of the first importance that a child should begin life well. A twist in the young stem will develop into a gnarled and crooked tree. A slight divergence at the outset of a voyage may end in a complete reversal of the ship's course. Early obedience is the pathway to a prosperous life; disobedience leads to death. The tongue that curseth its father shall be scorched with devouring flame. I. SELFISH INDULGENCE DESTROYS FILIAL REVERENCE . The human... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-23

Parental authority enforced. It is plain that parents are to deal with their children to the best of their ability: but in case a stubborn and rebellious son would not hearken to father or mother, would not appreciate chastisement, and had become a drunkard and glutton, then the parents were directed to bring the case before the elders of the city, and the impenitent, licentious son was to be taken away from the earth by public stoning. The public law was thus, in the last resort, to back... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:20

He will not obey our voice ; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. Gluttony and drunkenness were regarded by the Hebrews as highly criminal. The word rendered by "glutton," however ( זוֹלַל , from זָלַל , to shake, to shake out, to squander), includes other kinds of excess besides eating. It designates one who is prodigal, who wastes his means or wastes his person by indulgence. In Proverbs 23:30 , the whole phrase ( זוֹלְלֵי בָּשָׂר ) is given—squanderers of flesh, i . e . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:21

The penalty of such crimes was death; but the power of inflicting this was not among the Hebrews—as among some other ancient peoples, the Greeks and Romans, for instance—left with the father; the punishment could be inflicted only by the community, with the sanction of the magistrate. A Hebrew parent might chastise his child with severity, but not so as to affect his life ( Proverbs 19:18 , "Chasten thy son while there is hope, but raise not thy soul [let not thy passion rise so high as] to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The formal accusation of parents against a child was to be received without inquiry, as being its own proof. Thus the just authority of the parents is recognized and effectually upheld (compare Exodus 20:12; Exodus 21:15, Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9); but the extreme and irresponsible power of life and death, conceded by the law of Rome and other pagan nations, is withheld from the Israelite father. In this, as in the last law, provision is made against the abuses of a necessary authority. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 21:19

Deuteronomy 21:19. His father and mother The consent of both is required, to prevent the abuse of this law to cruelty. And it cannot reasonably be supposed that both would agree without the son’s abominable and incorrigible wickedness, in which case it seems a righteous law, because the crime of rebellion against his own parents did so fully signify what a pernicious member he would be in the commonwealth of Israel, who had dissolved all his natural obligations. Unto the elders Which was... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 21:20

Deuteronomy 21:20. A glutton and a drunkard Under which two offences others of a like or worse nature are comprehended. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:1-23

Respect for human life (21:1-23)Murder made the land unclean, and the uncleanness could be removed only by the execution of the murderer (see Numbers 35:29-34). Where the murderer could not be found, the elders of the town nearest the place of the murder had to go to an unpolluted stream nearby and carry out the ritual slaughter of a young cow instead of the unknown murderer. The blood of the cow washed away in the stream symbolized the removal of uncleanness caused by the unlawful bloodshed... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 21:18

stubborn = rebellious. rebellious = refractory. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 21:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 21:20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 21:18

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