Capital Punishment - Biblical Quotes - Supports Capital Punishment

“Whoever sheds human blood, by human shall their blood be shed”

Suggests that God created the death penalty

“You shall not murder”

Seriousness of the crime of murder

“But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life”

A form of revenge which the Old Testament seems to pemit

“The authorities that exist havee been established by God”

Seems to refer to the state’s right to administer the death penalty