New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey: Punishments

New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Punishments

Antiquity of Gen. 4:13, 14
Power of inflicting, given to magistrates Job 31:11; Rom. 13:4
Designed to be a warning to others Dt. 13:11, 17:13, 19:20
Were inflicted
- On the guilty Dt. 24:16; Pr. 17:26
- Without pity Dt. 19:13, 21
- Without partiality Dt. 13:6-8
- By order of magistrates Acts 16:22
- By order of kings 2 Sam. 1:13-16; 1 Ki. 2:23-46
- Immediately after sentence was passed Dt. 25:2; Josh. 7:25
- By the witnesses Dt. 13:9, 17:7; Jn. 8:7; Acts 7:58, 59
- By the people Num. 15:35, 36; Dt. 13:9
- By soldiers 2 Sam. 1:15; Mt. 27:27-35
Sometimes deferred until God was consulted Num. 15:34
Sometimes deferred for a considerable time 1 Ki. 2:5, 6, 8, 9
Secondary kinds of
- Imprisonment Ezra 7:26; Mt. 5:25
- Confinement in a dungeon Jer. 38:6; Zech. 9:11
- Confinement in stocks Jer. 20:2; Acts 16:24
- Fine, or giving of money Ex. 21:22; Dt. 22:19
- Restitution Ex. 21:36, 22:1-4; Lev. 6:4, 5, 24:18
- Retaliation or injuring according to the injury done Ex. 21:24; Dt. 19:21
- Binding with chains and fetters Ps. 105:18
- Scourging Dt. 25:2, 3; Mt. 27:26; Acts 22:25; 2 Cor. 11:24
- Selling the criminal Mt. 18:25
- Banishment Ezra 7:26; Rev. 1:9
- Torturing Mt. 18:34; Heb. 11:37
- Putting out the eyes Judg. 16:21; 1 Sam. 11:2
- Cutting off hands and feet 2 Sam. 4:12
- Mutilating the hands and feet Judg. 1:5-7
- Cutting off nose and ears Ezek. 23:25
- Plucking out the hair Neh. 13:25; Isa. 50:6
- Confiscating the property Ezra 7:26
Inflicting of capital, not permitted to the Jews by the Romans Jn. 18:31
Capital kinds of
- Burning Gen. 38:24; Lev. 20:14; Dan. 3:6
- Hanging Num. 25:4; Dt. 21:22, 23; Josh. 8:29; 2 Sam. 21:12; Esther 7:9, 10
- Crucifying Mt. 20:19, 27:35
- Beheading Gen. 40:19; Mk. 6:16, 27
- Slaying with the sword 1 Sam. 15:33; Acts 12:2
- Stoning Lev. 24:14; Dt. 13:10; Acts 7:59
- Cutting in pieces Dan. 2:5; Mt. 24:51
- Sawing asunder Heb. 11:37
- Exposing to wild beasts Dan. 6:16, 24; 1 Cor. 15:32
- Bruising in mortars Pr. 27:22
- Casting headlong from a rock 2 Chr. 25:12
- Casting into the sea Mt. 18:6
Strangers not exempted from Lev. 20:2
Were sometimes commuted Ex. 21:29, 30
For murder not to be commuted Num. 35:31, 32