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Honoring God's Representatives
Commentators explain that striking a parent was a capital offense because parents are viewed as God's representatives on earth. To offer violence to a parent was seen as a direct insult to God and a violation of the most fundamental principles of nature. The severity of the punishment, equal to that for murder, was meant to show God's extreme abhorrence for this sin.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 21:15–16
18th Century
Theologian
The following offenses were to be punished with death:
- Striking a parent ().
- Cursing a parent (Compare the marginal reference…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 21:15–17
19th Century
Bishop
And he that smiteth his father ... — With homicide are joined some other offences, regarded as heinous and made punishabl…
John Calvin
On Exodus 21:15
16th Century
Theologian
The commandment is now enforced by the threat of capital punishment for its violation. Yet, this does not mean it includes all who have in…
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John Gill
On Exodus 21:15
17th Century
Pastor
And he that smites his father or his mother
With his fist, or with a stick, or cane, or such thing, though they died…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 21:12–21
17th Century
Minister
God, who by His providence gives and maintains life, by His law protects it. A willful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar. But God provi…