Exo 21:19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote [him] be quit: only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed. Ver. 19. Upon his staff. ] See 2Sa 3:29 Zechariah 8:4 . read more
Exo 21:20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Ver. 20. He shall be surely punished. ] At the discretion of the magistrate, who is the "revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil." Rom 13:4 read more
Exo 21:21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he [is] his money. Ver. 21. For he is his money. ] And therefore he hath power over his flesh. Col 3:22 Yet "hide not thine eyes from thine own flesh," saith the prophet. Isa 58:7 read more
Exo 21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine]. Ver. 22. And yet no mischief follow, ] i.e., No life be lost. There is a time, then, when the embryo is not alive; therefore the soul is not begotten, but infused after a time by God. Infundendo creatur, et creando infnnditur, saith Augustine, who at... read more
Exo 21:23 And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Ver. 23. And if any mischief follow. ] Either by death or maim, either of mother or child. read more
Exo 21:24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Ver. 24. Eye for eye. ] How the Pharisees had wrested that text. See Trapp on " Mat 5:39 " This kind of law, in use among heathens also, Aristotle calls το αντιπεπονθος and was given against private revenge. read more
Exo 21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. Ver. 26. And if a man smite the eye of his servant. ] Think the same, saith Aben Ezra, of the other principal members, which the Jews call capita membrorum: these are the ten fingers, the ten toes, the two ears, the nose, and the yard. read more
Exo 21:28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit. Ver. 28. Then the ox shall be surely stoned. ] God requiring man’s blood even of beasts. Gen 9:5 See Trapp on " Gen 9:5 " read more
Exo 21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. Ver. 29. That he hath killed a man, &c. ] Since the fall, all creatures are armed against us; as that sword which Hector gave Ajax: which so long as he used against men, his enemies, served for help and defence: but after he began to abuse it to... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 21:18
Exo 21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with [his] fist, and he die not, but keepeth [his] bed: Ver. 18. If men strive together. ] This is counted manhood, when indeed it is doghood rather: heathens condemned it; a and yet Navarrus, a Popish casuist, Caedem recte admitti putat, ut alapa vitetur, et ad honorem recuperandum. a Qui ulciscitur, excusatius peccat. - Ibid. read more