{"id":61323,"date":"2005-06-10T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-11T02:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61323"},"modified":"2023-06-10T21:43:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T02:43:37","slug":"notes-on-capital-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-capital-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Capital Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>The Patriarchal Age<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Genesis 9:6 &#8220;<em>Whoever sheds man&#8217;s blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man<\/em>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Mosaic Age<\/h2>\n<p>Over 30 crimes were to be punished by death, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exodus 21:15 Striking a parent<\/li>\n<li>Exodus 21:16 Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Exodus 22:18 Witchcraft<\/li>\n<li>Exodus 31:14 Sabbath breaking<\/li>\n<li>Leviticus 20:10 Adultery<\/li>\n<li>Leviticus 20:11 Incest<\/li>\n<li>Leviticus 20:13 Homosexuality<\/li>\n<li>Leviticus 20:15 Bestiality<\/li>\n<li>Leviticus 24:14 Blasphemy<\/li>\n<li>Deuteronomy 22:25 Rape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The New Testament<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The civil government is to &#8220;bear the sword&#8221; (Romans 13:1-7) and punish evildoers (I Peter 2:13-14).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Patriarchal Age Genesis 9:6 &#8220;Whoever sheds man&#8217;s blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.&#8221; The Mosaic Age Over 30 crimes were to be punished by death, including: Exodus 21:15 Striking a parent Exodus 21:16 Kidnapping Exodus 22:18 Witchcraft Exodus 31:14 Sabbath breaking Leviticus 20:10&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[880,879],"class_list":["post-61323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-capital-punishment","tag-death-penalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68982,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-the-poor\/","url_meta":{"origin":61323,"position":0},"title":"Notes on the Poor","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Equal Treatment Leviticus 25:35 Exodus 22:26-27 Deuteronomy 15:7-11 Deuteronomy 24:15 Proverbs 19:17 Proverbs 22:2 Proverbs 29:7 Equal Treatment in Court Leviticus 24:22 Numbers 15:15-16 Numbers 15:29-30 Deuteronomy 1:16 Daily Wages Leviticus 19:13 Deuteronomy 24:14-15 Jeremiah 22:13 Usury Exodus 22:25-27 Leviticus 25:35-38 Deuteronomy 24:10-13 Debts Exodus 21:1-6 Leviticus 25:39-43 Deuteronomy 15:1-6\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":50271,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/should-a-christian-support-capital-punishment\/","url_meta":{"origin":61323,"position":1},"title":"Should a Christian support capital punishment?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Dear Minister, I read today in an article on your site that you approve of capital punishment. 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