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A case against capital punishment can be made from John 8, where Jesus speaks words that can be construed as condemning the practice. [1] There are however many more Bible verses that command and condone capital punishment, and examples of it being carried out.
Other forms of incest receive lesser punishment; sexual activity with a sister/stepsister is given excommunication for a punishment; [22] if it involves a brother's wife or an uncle's wife it is just cursed [23] and sexual activity with an aunt that is a blood relation is merely criticised. [24]
The Sixth Commandment, as translated by the Book of Common Prayer (1549). The image is from the altar screen of the Temple Church near the Law Courts in London.. Thou shalt not kill (LXX, KJV; Ancient Greek: Οὐ φονεύσεις, romanized: Ou phoneúseis), You shall not murder (NIV, Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִּרְצָח, romanized: Lo tirṣaḥ) or Do not murder (), is a moral ...
Leviticus 20:10 defines what constitutes adultery in the Hebrew Bible, and it also prescribes the punishment as capital punishment. In this verse, and in the Jewish tradition, [2] adultery consists of sexual intercourse between a man and a married woman who is not his lawful wife:
Warfare represents a special category of biblical violence and is a topic the Bible addresses, directly and indirectly, in four ways: there are verses that support pacifism, and verses that support non-resistance; 4th century theologian Augustine found the basis of just war in the Bible, and preventive war which is sometimes called crusade has also been supported using Bible texts.
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The Hebrew Bible is considered a holy text in most Abrahamic religions. It records a large number of events and laws that are endorsed or proscribed by the God of Israel . Judaism teaches that the Torah contains 613 commandments , many of which deal with crime and punishment , but only the Noahide Laws apply to humanity in general.
Death penalty opponents stepped up their calls for Gov. Ron DeSantis to halt Thursday’s scheduled execution of convicted killer Loran Cole, citing his months of confinement at a notorious ...