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Jan 25, 2012 · There is no place in the New Testament that specifically says that capital punishment is right or wrong. However, there are verses that seem to touch on the subject and support it. Let’s take a look at them with their context. Romans 13:1-4, “Let every person be in subjection to the governing authorities.
New Testament passages assume the existence of the death penalty but don't take a position one way or the other. Romans 13 comes closest to speaking of the state's authority to execute, but significantly it refers to the state's authority, not obligation, to execute. This is consistent with the position that states are permitted, not mandated ...
Aug 6, 2024 · 1. Old Testament references to capital punishment. The first point to consider in our examination of the biblical perspective on the death penalty is the Old Testament. Here, capital punishment is explicitly stated in the Mosaic Law. In Exodus 21, a variety of offenses are listed as punishable by death, including murder (Exodus 21:12) and ...
Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. The Old Testament law commanded the death penalty for various acts: murder (Exodus 21:12), kidnapping (Exodus 21:16), bestiality (Exodus 22:19), adultery (Leviticus 20:10), homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13), being a false prophet (Deuteronomy 13:5), prostitution and rape (Deuteronomy 22:24), and several other crimes. However, God often ...
- Romans 6:23. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Read Chapter All Versions.
- Acts 25:11. 11 If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them.
- Revelation 21:8. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- Leviticus 20:10. 10 “ ‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
John 8:3-11 ESV / 2 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.
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1 Kings 21:13 ESV / 5 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.”. So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
