What Does the Bible Say About the Death Penalty?

[phkrause]

The Scriptures appear to be quite stern about capital punishment. But in practice, what was Jesus’ attitude? And for that matter, what did Almighty God really say … and do?

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[Sojourner]

That is an interesting article, one of the scriptures were Jesues gives endoresmnet to it is Matthew 18:6 - "But whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea".