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Romans 13:8-10 ESV / 3 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You ...
Verse Concepts. ‘ If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death. Numbers 35:16. Verse Concepts. ‘ But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. Numbers 35:31.
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Aug 28, 2015 · God Writes a Murder Mystery (Thinking Thematically) A murder mystery opens with a “teaser” about what’s to come, gradually feeds us intriguing clues, but makes us wait to see how the pieces will fall into place. So with the bible. It opens with “teasers” that draw us in, gradually fills in the details, and finally brings us to a grand ...
- Exodus 20:13 ESV / 2,258 helpful votes. “You shall not murder.
- Leviticus 24:17 ESV / 1,800 helpful votes. “Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.
- 1 John 3:15 ESV / 1,500 helpful votes. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
- Deuteronomy 5:17 ESV / 1,306 helpful votes. “‘You shall not murder.
- Cain Kills Abel
- Moses Kills An Egyptian
- David Kills Uriah
- Paul Kills Stephen
- Judas Kills Jesus
- Who Do We Kill?
- Biblical Murderers
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We’re only four chapters into the Bible when the first murder occurs. Cain kills his brother Abel. The account in the Bible suggests that Cain premeditated his actions. First degree murder. But let’s not view Cain as all evil. Like his brother, Cain worships God and brings an offering to him. (We do this too.) Yet God finds Cain’s offering lacking....
Another well-known and esteemed person in the Bible is Moses. Yet Moses is another one of our biblical murderers. Moses witnesses an Egyptian overlord beating a Hebrew man, one of Moses his own kind. Seeing no one else watching, Moses kills the Egyptian and hides the evidence (Exodus 2:11-14). Again, we see another instance of premeditated murder. ...
The third of biblical murderers is David. David spends many years of his life leading an army and slaying his enemies. But we don’t call him a murderer for his military exploits. We call him a murderer for planning and ordering the death of his lover’s husband. Not only is David a murderer, he’s also an adulterer (2 Samuel 11). Yet the Bible later ...
Paul, a key figure in the early church and the New Testament’s most prolific writer, is another of our biblical murderers. Paul, a righteous and devout Jew, a godly person, is zealousin his opposition to the followers of Jesus. Paul does this for God and in the name of religion. History is full of people who kill for their faith, but that doesn’t j...
Let’s not forget that Judas is another on the list of biblical murderers. Though he doesn’t physically kill another person as did Cain and Moses, and he doesn’t orchestrate a death like David, Judas is the catalyst for another death, Jesus. Jesus—the most significant death to occur in the Bible, for humanity, and throughout all time. Though Jesus’s...
Jesus teaches us what the Old Testament commands: killing is wrong. Yet he goes beyond the physical act of murder to tell us that even being angry at another person is a sin. Implicitly it’s murder. As a result of anger, we are no less innocent than someone who murders another. But there’s more. Much more. Though we blame Judas for Jesus’s death, w...
All five of these biblical murderers had a relationship with God. And at the time of the murders they committed, orchestrated, or approved, they weren’t in a good place with God on their faith journey. But it’s what happens afterward that counts. Are we willing to put the past behind us—regardless of how horrific or benign it might be—and move forw...
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Murder. 21 “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,[ a] and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister[ b][ c] will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’[ d] is answerable to the court.
Anger and Reconciliation 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 21 You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.
