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Honoring Parents as God's Agents
Commentators explain that cursing a parent was a capital offense, placed alongside murder, because parents are viewed as God's representatives. Charles Ellicott notes that to curse a parent was seen as a profound insult to God and an attempt to enlist God against His own appointed authority, highlighting the sacredness of the parent-child relationship.
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Exodus
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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 Gill
On Exodus 21:17
17th Century
Pastor
And he that curseth his father, or his mother Though he does not smite them with his hand, or with any instrument in it, …
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…