Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 21:19
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
19. lay hold ] Deu 22:28; cp. Deu 9:17. Bring out, Deu 17:5, q.v., Deu 22:21; Deu 22:24. Elders of his city, see on Deu 19:12 and Deu 16:18. Gate of his place, as the local seat of judgement, Deu 22:15, Deu 25:7; cp. Rth 4:1 f., Amo 5:10; Amo 5:12; Amo 5:15, Isa 29:21.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The consent of both father and mother is required to prevent the abuse of this law to cruelty. And it cannot reasonably be supposed that both would agree without manifest necessity, and the sons abominable and incorrigible wickedness, in which case it seems a fit and righteous law, because the crime of rebellion against his own parents was so high in itself, and did so fully signify what a pernicious member and son of Belial he would be in the commonwealth of Israel, who had dissolved all his natural obligations. Yet the Jews say this law was never put in practice, and therefore it might be made for terror and prevention, and to render the authority of parents more sacred and powerful.
Bring him out unto the elders of his city; which was a sufficient caution to preserve children from the malice of any hard-hearted parents, because these elders were first to examine the cause with all exactness, and then to pronounce the sentence.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,…. With their own hands, or cause him to be apprehended by others, in which they were to agree, and which the Jews gather from hence;
“if (say they y) the father is willing (to bring him to justice), and the mother not willing, if his father is not willing and the mother is willing, he is not reckoned a stubborn or rebellious son, until they both agree:”
and bring him out unto the elders of his city; according to the Misnah z, the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, consisting of twenty three; for they say, that after he has been admonished and scourged by order of the bench of three, if he returns to his corrupt and wicked ways again, he is judged by the court of twenty three:
and unto the gate of his place; or city, where the court sat; so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, to the gate of the sanhedrim of his place.
y Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 8. sect. 4. z Ibid.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
19. Bring him out unto the elders of his city The elders are the representatives of the whole community, and are to act as magistrates.
Unto the gate of his place The gate of the Eastern city was the place for the transaction of business and for the administration of justice.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
the gate: i.e. the place of judgment.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
and bring: Deu 21:2, Deu 16:18, Deu 25:7, Zec 13:3
Reciprocal: Gen 22:17 – thy seed Gen 24:60 – thy seed Deu 25:6 – that his name Rth 4:1 – to the gate Job 29:7 – General Pro 31:23 – in the Jer 38:7 – the king
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 21:19. His father and mother The consent of both is required, to prevent the abuse of this law to cruelty. And it cannot reasonably be supposed that both would agree without the sons abominable and incorrigible wickedness, in which case it seems a righteous law, because the crime of rebellion against his own parents did so fully signify what a pernicious member he would be in the commonwealth of Israel, who had dissolved all his natural obligations. Unto the elders Which was a sufficient caution to preserve children from the malice of any hard-hearted parents, because these elders were first to examine the cause with all exactness, and then to pronounce the sentence.