Acts 23:5.
The gods - Heb. אלהים 'ělôhı̂ym . See Exodus 21:6 note. Many take it as the name of God (as in Genesis 1:1 ), and this certainly seems be...
Exodus 22:18-31 E. Various Ordinances. From this point up to Exodus 23:9 we have to do with miscellaneous laws, differing in the main both in...
curse . Compare Ecclesiastes 10:20 ; Acts 23:5 ; 2 Peter 2:10 ; Jude 1:8 .
Exodus 22:28 . Thou shalt not revile the gods. These four passages confirm what I have said, that in the: Fifth Commandment ar...
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Thou shalt not revile the gods - Most commentators believe that the word gods here...
Thou shalt not revile the gods— The magistrates. See note on ch. Exodus 21:6 and Romans 13:1-2 . The ruler of thy people means here any one...
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Thou shalt not revile the gods. Josephus, who endeavours so often to accom...
The Book of the Covenant (continued) 1. Four sheep] The larger compensation required in the case of the ox is probably due to the fact that it is...
The gods] RV 'God.' RM 'judges' is also possible: see on Exodus 21:6 . But cp. St. Peter's injunction ( 1 Peter 2:17 ).
MISCELLANEOUS LAWS. (16-31) The remainder of the chapter contains laws which it is impossible to bring under any general head or heads, and which...
Thou shalt not revile the gods. — The LXX. And Vulgate give the passage this sense; and so it was understood, or at any rate expounded, by Philo (...
CHAPTER XXII. THE LESSER LAW (continued). PART IV. Exodus 22:16 - Exodus 23:19 . The Fourth section of this law within the law consists...
The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo 21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying emphasis on the...
SUNDRY LAWS FOR ISRAEL ‘If thou … Thou shalt not … Ye shall.’ Exodus 22:23 ; Exodus 22:28 ; Exodus 22:31 I. Restitution is one of the pri...
Thou shalt not revile the gods ,.... Meaning not the idols of the Gentiles, which they reckon gods, and worship as such; which is the sense of Philo...
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. Ver. 28. Thou shalt not revile the gods. ] Blaspheme dignities. Jdg 1:8 This is...
Thou shalt not revile the gods That is, the judges and magistrates. Princes and magistrates are our fathers, whom the fifth commandment obligeth us...
LAWS AS REGARDS PROPERTY (vs.1-15) While one rightly was control over his own property, yet he is also responsible as to how he uses it. If one w...
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him us...
Gods; not gods falsely so called, as some would have it, as appears by 1 Kings 18:27 Jeremiah 10:11 ; but magistrates and governors, whether c...
Expansion of the Ten Words of the Covenant ( Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33 ). In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly...
Regulations About Duty to God ( Exodus 22:28-31 ). Again we might discern a pattern as follows: a Not to revile God or ruler ( Exodus 22:28 )....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 22:31 . And ye shall be holy men.] This seemingly abrupt clause is to be taken in a relation of strict sequence with al...
Exodus 22:2 . Breaking up, by forcible entrance into a house, there shall no blood be shed for him, though he be killed by another in his own de...
The ruler of thy people. The Divine right of magistrates to respect I. That the powers that be are ordained of God ( Romans 13:1-5 ; 1 Peter 2...
EXPOSITION II. LAWS CONNECTED WITH RIGHTS OF PROPERTY (verses 33-36). From the consideration of injuries to the person, the legisl...
EXPOSITION MISCELLANEOUS LAWS ( Exodus 22:16-2 ) Exodus 22:16 , Exodus 22:17 Laws against seduction . It has been already observ...
Regarding Various Social Relations
Thou shalt not revile the gods, that is, Elohim, the one true God, they shall not blaspheme, nor curse the ruler of thy people, who is a representa...
the gods. or judges Exodus 22:8 Exodus 22:9 Psalms 32:6 Psalms 82:1-7 Psalms 138:1 John 10:34 John 10:35 nor curse Exodus 21:17 1 Sa...
Thou shalt not revile the gods — That is, the judges and magistrates. Princes and magistrates are our fathers, whom the fifth commandment obligeth...
28 Thou shalt not revile the gods,c nor curse the ruler of thy people.