Deuteronomy 21:22,Deuteronomy 21:23

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 21:22

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death ,.... This before mentioned, or any other that deserves death, any kind of death, as strangling, killing with the sword, burning and stoning, to which the Jews restrain it here: and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him, on a tree ; is condemned to stoning, and after that they hang him, as the Targum of Jonathan; and according to the Jewish Rabbins, as Jarchi observes, all that were stoned were to be hanged, and only men, not women ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:22

Verse 22 The object of this precept was to banish inhumanity and barbarism from the chosen people, and also to impress upon them horror even of a just execution. And surely the body of a man suspended on a cross is a sad and hideous spectacle; for the rights of sepulture are ordained for man, both as a pledge and symbol of the resurrection, and also to spare the eyes of the living, lest they should be defiled by the sight of so horrible a thing. Moses does not here speak generally, but only of... 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 21:22

If a man have committed a sin worthy of death ; literally, If there be on a man a judgment of death ; if he lie under sentence of death. Hang him on a tree. This refers not to putting to death by strangling, but to the impaling of the body after death. This was an aggravation of the punishment, as the body so impaled was exposed to insult and assault (cf. Numbers 25:4 ; Genesis 40:19 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22-23

When a criminal was put to death and was hanged upon a tree, his body was not to remain there over-night, but was to be buried the same day on which he was executed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22-23

Upon the tree! These words form part of the criminal code of the Hebrews, and though as such they may be regarded as practically obsolete, yet they contain principles which will never wax old, and are, moreover, so frequently alluded to in the New Testament, that they furnish us with a starting-point of no mean interest for a devout Christian meditation. The case supposed in the text is not that of a man being put to death by crucifixion, but of his having suffered capital punishment,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22-23

Accursed of God. The criminal who had committed a sin worthy of death, and was put to death under the law, was viewed as dying under the ban or curse of God. When the crime was very execrable, and the criminal might be regarded as perishing under God's most awful curse, the fact was intimated by exposing the body on a tree. Compare the old custom of hanging a notorious criminal in chains. The placing of the body on a tree was not that which made the person accursed, but was an external... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22-23

The doom of law the embodiment of Divine curse. The suspension of a human body on the gallows-tree is the utmost climax of ruin and disgrace. It is the fullest exponent of the public detestation and horror for the deed. In this case the curse of men is the curse of God. But this curse was not to continue. Blessing was to be perpetual, abiding, uninterrupted; but the curse was to endure for a moment. The body so accursed was to be buried before sunset. Many reasons have been assigned for... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 21:22

There were four methods of execution in use among the ancient Jews; stoning (Exodus 17:4; Deuteronomy 13:10, etc.), burning Leviticus 20:14; Leviticus 21:9, the sword Exodus 32:27, and strangulation. The latter, though not named in Scripture, is regarded by the rabbis as the most common, and the proper one to be adopted when no other is expressly enjoined by the Law. Suspension, whether from cross, stake, or gallows, was not used as a mode of taking life, but was sometimes added after death as... read more

Deuteronomy 21:22,deuteronomy 21:23

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 21:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:22-23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 21:22

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