Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:21
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
21. stone ] Heb. ragam as in Ar.; only here in D, which elsewhere has saal, see on Deu 13:10 (11), but found in JE (Jos 7:25), H (Lev 20:2; Lev 20:27) and P (Num 14:10, etc.).
put away, etc.] see on Deu 13:5 (6).
all Israel shall hear, etc.] see on Deu 13:11 (12); cp. Deu 17:13, Deu 19:20.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Stoning was the punishment appointed for blasphemers and idolaters; which if it seem severe, it is to be considered that parents are in Gods stead, and intrusted in good measure with his authority over their children; and that families are the matter and foundation of the church and commonwealth, and they who are naughty members and rebellious children in them, do commonly prove the bane and plague of these; and therefore no wonder if they are nipped in the bud.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die,…. The populace; that is, after his trial is finished, and he is condemned to die; and he was not stoned until the three first judges were there (by whom he was admonished, and ordered to be beaten), as it it said, “this is our son”, this is he that was beaten before you f; and according to the Targum of Jonathan,
“if he feared (God, and showed any token of repentance) and received instruction, and they (his parents) desired to preserve him alive, they preserved him; but if he refused and was rebellious, then they stoned him;”
but the Jews say this law, and that of retaliation, were never put into execution:
so shalt thou put away evil from among you; put a stop to, and prevent such an evil for the future, and remove the guilt of it; or, as the Targum of Jonathan, him that doeth that evil:
and all Israel shall hear, and fear; it being to be publicly notified throughout the land, that such an one suffered death for such a crime, which would be a means of deterring others from the same; so Jarchi remarks,
“here (says he) a proclamation was necessary to be made by the sanhedrim, as that such an one was stoned because he was stubborn and rebellious;”
for the mystical sense of this see Eph 2:2.
f Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 3. sect. 4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
In consequence of this accusation, all the men of the town were to stone him, so that he died. By this the right was taken away from the parents of putting an incorrigible son to death (cf. Pro 19:18), whilst at the same time the parental authority was fully preserved. Nothing is said about any evidence of the charge brought by the parents, or about any judicial inquiry generally. “In such a case the charge was a proof in itself. For if the heart of a father and mother could be brought to such a point as to give up their child to the judge before the community of the nation, everything would have been done that a judge would need to know” ( Schnell, d. isr. Recht, p. 11). – On Deu 21:21, cf. Deu 13:6 and Deu 13:12.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
21. All the men of his city shall stone him Only the whole community could inflict the penalty of death. The law was much more merciful in its provisions than the usages of most of the ancient nations.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Deu 21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Ver. 21. Shall hear and fear. ] See Trapp on “ Deu 19:20 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
men. Hebrew, plural of ish, or ‘enosh. App-14.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
all the men: Deu 13:10, Deu 13:11, Deu 17:5, Lev 24:16
so shalt thou: Deu 13:5, Deu 13:11, Deu 19:19, Deu 19:20, Deu 22:21, Deu 22:24
all Israel: Deu 13:11
Reciprocal: Lev 20:2 – the people Lev 24:14 – let all the Jos 7:25 – all Israel Jdg 20:13 – put away 1Ki 21:13 – they carried him Est 1:20 – throughout Job 34:26 – in Pro 19:25 – Smite Pro 21:11 – the scorner Pro 24:32 – I looked Pro 30:11 – that curseth Eze 31:14 – the end Act 5:5 – great 1Co 5:13 – Therefore 1Ti 5:20 – that others 2Pe 2:10 – despise Rev 2:23 – and all
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:21 And all the men of his city shall {l} stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
(l) A death which was also appointed for blasphemers and idolaters: so that to disobey the parents is most horrible.