SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:18
¶ Cuando alguno tuviere hijo contumaz y rebelde, que no oyere la voz de su padre ni a la voz de su madre, y habiéndole castigado, no les oyere;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 21:18
Verse 18. - 21. The stubborn, rebellious, gluttonous, and drunken son is to be stoned to death. - This law, severe as it may seem, must have acted as a powerful preventive of crime. If such a law were in force now, and duly executed, how many deaths of disobedient and profligate children would there be in all corners of the land!
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son , etc.] It is observed that this law quickly follows, and is subjoined to that which relates to the marriage of a woman taken captive, because often from such marriages wicked and refractory children have sprung, and which they exemplify in the case of Absalom, whose mother they say David took in war and married: the character of such a son follows, and by which it may be known that he is stubborn and rebellious; stubborn in his nature, and rebellious in his actions; behaves contrary to the laws of God, and the instructions of his parents; what he should do, that he does not; and what he should not do, that he does; will not do what is commanded him, and will do what is forbidden him, notwithstanding all counsels, admonitions, and corrections given him; which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother ; is disobedient to the commands of either of them; see ( Proverbs 30:17) and, when they have chastened him, will not hearken to them; when they have reproved him by words, and corrected him with blows; the Jews understand this of scourging or beating by the order of the sanhedrim, after admonition given; it is said f294 , “they admonish him before three (a court of judicature consisting of three judges), and they beat him; but it seems rather to respect private corrections of their own by words and stripes, which having no effect, they were to proceed as follows.”
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-21 - Observe how the criminal is here described. He is a stubborn an rebellious son. No child was to fare the worse for weakness of capacity, slowness, or dulness, but for wilfulness and obstinacy Nothing draws men into all manner of wickedness, and hardens them in i more certainly and fatally, than drunkenness. When men take to drinking, they forget the law of honouring parents. His own father an mother must complain of him to the elders of the city. Children wh forget their duty, must thank themselves, and not blame their parents if they are regarded with less and less affection. He must be publicl stoned to death by the men of his city. Disobedience to a parent' authority must be very evil, when such a punishment was ordered; nor is it less provoking to God now, though it escapes punishment in thi world. But when young people early become slaves to sensual appetites the heart soon grows hard, and the conscience callous; and we can expect nothing but rebellion and destruction.
Original Hebrew
כי 3588 יהיה 1961 לאישׁ 376 בן 1121 סורר 5637 ומורה 4784 איננו 369 שׁמע 8085 בקול 6963 אביו 1 ובקול 6963 אמו 517 ויסרו 3256 אתו 853 ולא 3808 ישׁמע 8085 אליהם׃ 413
