Punishments

Punishments [S]

Antiquity of
Genesis 4:13 Genesis 4:14
Power of inflicting, given to magistrates
Job 31:11 ; Romans 13:4
Designed to be a warning to others
Deuteronomy 13:11 ; 17:13 ; 19:20
WERE INFLICTED
- On the guilty
  Deuteronomy 24:16 ; Proverbs 17:26
- Without pity
  Deuteronomy 19:13 Deuteronomy 19:21
- Without partiality
  Deuteronomy 13:6-8
- By order of magistrates
  Acts 16:22
- By order of kings
  2 Samuel 1:13-16 ; 1 Kings 2:23-46
- Immediately after sentence was passed
  Deuteronomy 25:2 ; Joshua 7:25
- By the witnesses
  Deuteronomy 13:9 ; 17:7 ; John 8:7 ; Acts 7:58 Acts 7:59
- By the people
  Numbers 15:35 Numbers 15:36 ; Deuteronomy 13:9
- By soldiers
  2 Samuel 1:15 ; Matthew 27:27-35
Sometimes deferred until God was consulted
Numbers 15:34
Sometimes deferred for a considerable time
1 Kings 2:5 1 Kings 2:6 1 Kings 2:8 1 Kings 2:9
SECONDARY KINDS OF
- Imprisonment
  Ezra 7:26 ; Matthew 5:25
- Confinement in a dungeon
  Jeremiah 38:6 ; Zechariah 9:11
- Confinement in stocks
  Jeremiah 20:2 ; Acts 16:24
- Fine, or giving of money
  Exodus 21:22 ; Deuteronomy 22:19
- Restitution
  Exodus 21:36 ; 22:1-4 ; Leviticus 6:4 Leviticus 6:5 ; 24:18
- Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done
  Exodus 21:24 ; Deuteronomy 19:21
- Binding with chains and fetters
  Psalms 105:18
- Scourging
  Deuteronomy 25:2 Deuteronomy 25:3 ; Matthew 27:26 ; Acts 22:25 ; 2 Corinthians 11:24
- Selling the criminal
  Matthew 18:25
- Banishment
  Ezra 7:26 ; Revelation 1:9
- Torturing
  Matthew 18:34 ; Hebrews 11:37
- Putting out the eyes
  Judges 16:21 ; 1 Samuel 11:2
- Cutting off hands and feet
  2 Samuel 4:12
- Mutilating the hands and feet
  Judges 1:5-7
- Cutting off nose and ears
  Ezekiel 23:25
- Plucking out the hair
  Nehemiah 13:25 ; Isaiah 50:6
- Confiscating the property
  Ezra 7:26
Inflicting of capital, not permitted to the Jews by the Romans
John 18:31
CAPITAL KINDS OF
- Burning
  Genesis 38:24 ; Leviticus 20:14 ; Daniel 3:6
- Hanging
  Numbers 25:4 ; Deuteronomy 21:22 Deuteronomy 21:23 ; Joshua 8:29 ; 2 Samuel 21:12 ; Esther 7:9 Esther 7:10
- Crucifying
  Matthew 20:19 ; 27:35
- Beheading
  Genesis 40:19 ; Mark 6:16 Mark 6:27
- Slaying with the sword
  1 Samuel 15:33 ; Acts 12:2
- Stoning
  Leviticus 24:14 ; Deuteronomy 13:10 ; Acts 7:59
- Cutting in pieces
  Daniel 2:5 ; Matthew 24:51
- Sawing asunder
  Hebrews 11:37
- Exposing to wild beasts
  Daniel 6:16 Daniel 6:24 ; 1 Corinthians 15:32
- Bruising in mortars
  Proverbs 27:22
- Casting headlong from a rock
  2 Chronicles 25:12
- Casting into the sea
  Matthew 18:6
Strangers not exempted from
Leviticus 20:2
Were sometimes commuted
Exodus 21:29 Exodus 21:30
For murder not to be commuted
Numbers 35:31 Numbers 35:32

[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Torrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Punishments'". "The New Topical Text Book". . 1897.

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