Deuteronomy 21:22 Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:22

22: "If someone has committed a crime worthy of death and is executed and then hanged on a tree,

The Jewish leaders didn't want the victims hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath at that, because it was the Passover), so they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus.
But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already, so they didn't break his legs.
One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out.
This report is from an eyewitness giving an accurate account; it is presented so that you also can believe.

I soon discovered it was something regarding their religious law--certainly nothing worthy of imprisonment or death.

Do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no crime worthy of death. This case is similar to that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor.

You have all heard his blasphemy. What is your verdict?" And they all condemned him to death.

Then Joshua killed each of the five kings and hung them on five trees until evening.

Joshua hung the king of Ai on a tree and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body and threw it in front of the city gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today.

As they talked it over they agreed, "This man hasn't done anything worthy of death or imprisonment."

Finally, they came to a place called The Skull. All three were crucified there--Jesus on the center cross, and the two criminals on either side.

The LORD issued the following command to Moses: "Seize all the ringleaders and execute them before the LORD in broad daylight, so his fierce anger will turn away from the people of Israel."

So let seven of Saul's sons or grandsons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD at Gibeon, on the mountain of the LORD. All right," the king said, "I will do it."

But in my opinion he has done nothing worthy of death. However, he appealed his case to the emperor, and I decided to send him.

If the distance to the nearest city of refuge was too far, an enraged avenger might be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death. The slayer would die, even though there was no death sentence and the first death had been an accident.

The men of Gibeon executed them on the mountain before the LORD. So all seven of them died together at the beginning of the barley harvest.

If I have done something worthy of death, I don't refuse to die. But if I am innocent, neither you nor anyone else has a right to turn me over to these men to kill me. I appeal to Caesar!"

This isn't good at all! I swear by the LORD that you and your men deserve to die, because you failed to protect your master, the LORD's anointed! Look around! Where are the king's spear and the jug of water that were beside his head?"

So David ordered his young men to kill them, and they did. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies beside the pool in Hebron. Then they took Ishbosheth's head and buried it in Abner's tomb in Hebron.

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