Exodus 20:13 Do not murder.
This command is simple. Do not murder. Do not kill another person.
Exodus 21:12 “Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death. 13 But if he didn’t intend any harm, and yet God caused it to happen by his hand, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee. 14 If a person schemes and willfully acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from My altar to be put to death.
The one who murders unintentionally will be sent to a place to flee. If the person comments the crime knowingly and intentionally, he must also die.
Luke 23:24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand 25 and released the one they were asking for, who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will.
I am wondering here if the Jews had forgotten their command of putting murders to death. Here, the people chose to release a murderer. He was able to go free, and not suffer the punishment the Lord had deemed for ALL murderers.
Acts 5:29 But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had murdered by hanging Him on a tree.
Since the Jews had cried out for the murderer to be released and called for the death of an innocent, Christ, they themselves are murderers. Even though they did not drive the nails, even though they did not use their hands to shed His blood, they were still guilty of the murder. All they had to do was cry "Release Him" and Jesus would have been freed and the murderer receiving his just consequence.
1 John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.
If you just hate another person, you are a murderer. Just thinking about someone in a hateful way is the same as murdering that person in the eyes of God. We must strive to think no ill thoughts towards anyone, not even those who hate us.
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