Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 21:17

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

17. Cursing a parent. Comp. Deu 27:16, Lev 20:9 (H): also Pro 20:20; Pro 30:17. In the LXX. this verse stands more suitably immediately after v. 15. It is cited in Mat 15:4 = Mar 7:10.

curseth ] a stronger word than the maketh light of, or dishonoureth, of Deu 27:16.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Or, revileth, to wit, wilfully, maliciously, obstinately, against all admonition, by comparing Deu 21:18.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And he that curseth his father, or his mother,…. Though he does not smite them with his hand, or with any instrument in it, yet if he smites them with his tongue, reviles and reproaches them, speaks evil of them, wishes dreadful imprecations upon them, curses them by the name explained, as the Targum of Jonathan calls it, by the name Jehovah, wishing the Lord would curse them, or that his curse might light upon them, see Pr 20:20,

shall surely be put to death; or be killed with casting stones on him, as the Targum of Jonathan, or with stoning; so Jarchi, who observes, that wherever it is said, “his blood be upon him”, it is meant of stoning, as it is of the man that curses his father or his mother,

Le 20:9 which was after this manner, the place of stoning was two cubits high, to which the malefactor with his hands bound was brought; from whence one of the witnesses against him cast him down headlong, of which, if he did not die, then they took up stones and cast on him, and if he died not through them, then all Israel came and stoned him; that is, the multitude upon the spot: this verse in the Septuagint version follows Ex 21:15, with which it agrees, both respecting the same persons.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Verse 17:

Two sins of the tongue were regarded as capital offenses: blasphemy against God, and blasphemy against parents. The severity of this sentence confirms that in God’s sight, both sins are of deepest dye.

Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary

Pro 20:20 .

Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Exo 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Ver. 17. And he that curseth. ] See Trapp on “ Exo 21:15 “ See Trapp on “ Mat 15:4 “ a

a Immane verbum est ultio. – Seneca.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)