 | 1859 - 858 pages
...testify to cause him to die." — Numb. xxxv. 30. This rule applied to all cases of capital punishment. " At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,...to death ; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death." — Deut. xvii. 6. The reason of this law is obvious, viz., to guard against... | |
 | Daniel Harvey Hill - 1859 - 362 pages
...witnesses, the precise number required by the Mosaic code, appeared against our blessed Redeemer : "At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,...death be put to death, but at the mouth of one witness shall he not be put to death." Deut. xvii. 6, xix. 15; Numb. xxxv. 30. From another Evangelist, writing... | |
 | 1859 - 980 pages
...thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stun« them with stones, till they die. 6 At tlte ir own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions....wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuc not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall he first upon him to put him to death, and... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1859 - 808 pages
...of two or three witnesses, every word shall be established. 2 Co. xiu. 1. 'And at the mouth of two ' De. xru. e. Jn. viii. 17. [Fourth — Ou> sentence of the ungodly.] Thus then, the books being opened,... | |
 | 1859 - 456 pages
...woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. On the testimony of two witnesses, or of 6 three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death, be put to death ; on the testimony of one witness, he shall not be put to death. The hands of the witnesses shall be... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1920 - 540 pages
...emperor evidently obtained it from the Hebrew law as expressed in both the Old and New Testaments. Thus "At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses,...to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death." Deuteronomy XVII, 6. Compare Hebrews X, 28. "For any iniquity. * * * at the mouth... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...thing, unto thy gales, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones, till they die. 6 him. and he shall read therein not be put to death. 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and... | |
 | Peter Ian Crawford, David Turton - Performing Arts - 1992 - 340 pages
...creates something which in full-blown film we call context: 'At the mouth of two witnesses, or of three, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one he shall not be put to death'. No woman may be declared youthful on the strength of a single photograph;... | |
 | Laura Christian Ford - Education - 1994 - 308 pages
...stoning was imposed upon a person who violated the law against worshipping other gods. In such cases, "at the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,...to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death" (17.6). Similarly, in the Apology, Socrates reveals that some of the Greek states... | |
 | Steven Shapin - History - 1994 - 534 pages
...The original requirement for "two or three witnesses" to justify capital punishment is biblical, eg, "At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,...to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death" (Deuteronomy 17:6). 80. Boyle, "Some Considerations about the Reconcileableness... | |
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At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 
