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Capital punishment
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Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. — Genesis 9:6 | |
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| Category | Ethics, Society |
| Passages | 7 (12 verses) |
| Old Testament | 5 passages |
| New Testament | 2 passages |
| Books cited | Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Acts, Romans |
| Also called | death penalty, execution |
Capital punishment, the death penalty, appears in the law given to Noah and to Israel and is mentioned in the New Testament. This page lists those verses.
Given to Noah
- Genesis 9:5-65And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man. 6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
In the law of Moses
- Exodus 21:12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
- Numbers 35:16And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
- Numbers 35:30-3130Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
- Deuteronomy 19:11-1311But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: 12Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
In the New Testament
- Romans 13:3-43For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
- Acts 25:11For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.
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