Exodus 21:23-25
life for life.Nu 35:31 This is the earliest account we have of the [towtopatheia,] tautopatheia,] Lex Talionis, law of like for like. 26,27; Le 24:19,20; De 19:21; Jud 1:6,7; 1Sa 15:33; Mt 5:38-40; 7:2Lu 6:38; Re 16:6 25Leviticus 24:19-21
De 19:21; Mt 5:38; 7:2 Ex 21:23-25; De 19:21; Mt 5:38 a beast.18; Ex 21:33a man.171 Samuel 15:33
As thy sword.Ge 9:6; Ex 17:11; Nu 14:45; Jud 1:7; Mt 7:2; Jas 2:13; Re 16:6; 18:6Samuel.It has been a matter of wonder to many, how Samuel could thus slay a captive prince, even in the presence of Saul, who from motives of clemency had spared him; but it should be remarked, that what Samuel did here, he did in his magisterial capacity; and that Agag had been a cruel tyrant, and therefore was cut off for his merciless cruelties. Farther, it is not likely that he did it by his own sword, but by that of the executioner. What kings, magistrates, and generals do, in an official way, by their subjects, servants, or soldiers, they are said to do themselves:--{qui facit per alterum, facit per se.} hewed.Nu 25:7,8; 1Ki 18:40; Isa 34:6; Jer 48:10Isaiah 33:1
1 God's judgments against the enemies of the church.13 The consternation of sinners, and privileges of the godly. thee that.10:5,6; 17:14; 24:16; 2Ki 18:13-17; 2Ch 28:16-21; Hab 2:5-8when thou shalt cease.10:12; 21:2; 37:36-38; Jud 1:7; Jer 25:12-14; Ob 1:10-16; Zec 14:1-3Mt 7:2; Re 13:10; 16:6; 17:12-14,17Matthew 7:1-2
1 Christ, continuing his sermon on the mount, reproves rash judgment, etc.28 Christ ends his sermon, and the people are astonished. Isa 66:5; Eze 16:52-56; Lu 6:37; Ro 2:1,2; 14:3,4,10-13; 1Co 4:3-5Jas 3:1; 4:11,12 Jud 1:7; Ps 18:25,26; 137:7,8; Jer 51:24; Ob 1:15; Mr 4:24; Lu 6:382Co 9:6; 2Th 1:6,7; Jas 2:13; Re 18:6
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