Deuteronomy 21:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. ”

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The formal accusation of parents against a child was to be received without inquiry, as being its own proof. Thus the just authority of the parents is recognized and effectually upheld (compare Ex...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Peculiar to D. Here respect for both parents is enforced (see Exodus 20:12 ; Exodus 21:15 ); cf. CH. § 195, The son's hand which has smitten his father shall be cut off (see Deuteronomy 15:1...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

glutton, &c. Compare Matthew 11:19 .
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 20. He is a glutton and a drunkard — Under these words are comprehended all other riotous courses. He was not to suffer for these vices only, but for stubbornly persisting in them, in spite...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: If a...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expiation of Undetected Homicide. Marriage of Captive Women. Punishment of a Rebellious Son The last sub-section of the Second Discourse begins here, containing a variety of social and domestic re...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 . THE INCORRIGIBLE SON. (18) If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son. — Here we are again reminded that the Law of Jehovah was also the civil and criminal law of Israel...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of God that no distinction is made between the secula...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Sundry laws affecting the life of the people in the land after the conquest were now uttered. The sin of murder was once again dealt with. This time it was the murder of a person which could not be t...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is very worthy observation; how exceedingly jealous the LORD hath manifested himself for the honor of his law. The ties of nature were all to give way when the honour of GOD stood in competition....
Deuteronomy 21:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they shall say unto the elders of his city ,.... In open court, what follows, at the same time, according to the Targum of Jonathan, acknowledging their own sins, for which such a calamity had b...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard. Ver. 20. He is a glutton. ] The same word...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A glutton and a drunkard Under which two offences others of a like or worse nature are comprehended.
Deuteronomy 21:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

UNSOLVED MURDER (vs.1-9) If one was killed and his body found removed from any city or town, the murderer being unknown, then elders and judges of Israel were required to ascertain what was the n...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Punishment of a Rebellious Son; Burial of Malefactors. B. C. 1451. 18 If a man have a...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Stubborn and rebellious, adds incorrigibleness to all his wickedness. A glutton and a drunkard; under which two offences others of a like or worse nature are comprehended by a synecdoche.
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Rebellion Against Parental Authority ( Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ). Parental concern for the son as revealed in Deuteronomy 21:15-17 now leads on to the case where a son is a rebellious troublemaker...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—The reason for grouping these five laws, apparently so different from one another, as well as for attaching them to the previous regulations is found in the desire to bring out dist...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:4 . A rough valley. The guilt being transferred to the heifer, the slaying it in a cultivated field would have polluted the ground. The Hebrew altar allowed of no victim to be offer...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION EXPIATION OF UNCERTAIN MURDER . TREATMENT OF A CAPTIVE TAKEN TO WIFE . RIGHTS OF THE FIRSTBORN . A REBELLIOUS , REFRACTORY SON TO BE JUDGED AND...
Deuteronomy 21:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Punishment of a Rebellious Child
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 19:26 ; Proverbs 20:1 ; Proverbs 23:19-21 ; Proverbs 23:29-35 ; Proverbs 29:17
Deuteronomy 21:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A glutton and a drunkard — Under which two offences others of a like or worse nature are comprehended.

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 21:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 21:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 21:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes