Deuteronomy 21:19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-23

Here is, I. A law for the punishing of a rebellious son. Having in the former law provided that parents should not deprive their children of their right, it was fit that it should next be provided that children withdraw not the honour and duty which are owing to their parents, for there is no partiality in the divine law. Observe, 1. How the criminal is here described. He is a stubborn and rebellious son, Deut. 21:18. No child was to fare the worse for the weakness of his capacity, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:19

Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him ,.... With their own hands, or cause him to be apprehended by others, in which they were to agree, and which the Jews gather from hence;"if (say they F25 Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 8. sect. 4. ) the father is willing (to bring him to justice), and the mother not willing, if his father is not willing and the mother is willing, he is not reckoned a stubborn or rebellious son, until they both agree:" and bring him out unto the elders of his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The stubborn, rebellious, gluttonous, and drunken son is to be stoned to death - This law, severe as it may seem, must have acted as a powerful preventive of crime. If such a law were in force now, and duly executed, how many deaths of disobedient and profligate children would there be in all corners of the land! read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

If a son was refractory and unmanageable by his parents, if, given to sensual indulgence, he would yield neither to reproof nor to chastisement,—the parents were to lay hold on him, and lead him to the ciders of the town, sitting as magistrates at its gates, and there accuse him of his evil ways and rebelliousness. The testimony of the parents was apparently held sufficient to substantiate the charge, and this being received by the elders, the culprit was to be put to death by stoning. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

A bad son a State peril. This is a very remarkable provision. It is based on the well-known fact that there are some who need a strong deterrent to keep them from being a plague and peril to a State, and also on the all-important principle, that whoever is a pest and nuisance in the home, is the bane of the commonwealth to which he belongs. Moses had just laid down the duty of the parent to deal justly with his sons, whatever his personal partialities might be. He now lays down the extent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-23

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

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

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