King James Bible
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

American Standard Version
Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

Young's Literal Translation
'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

Matthew 5:21 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time - τοις αρχαιοις, to or by the ancients. By the ancients, we may understand those who lived before the law, and those who lived under it; for murder was, in the most solemn manner, forbidden before, as well as under, the law, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6.

But it is very likely that our Lord refers here merely to traditions and glosses relative to the ancient Mosaic ordinance; and such as, by their operation, rendered the primitive command of little or no effect. Murder from the beginning has been punished with death; and it is, probably, the only crime that should be punished with death. There is much reason to doubt, whether the punishment of death, inflicted for any other crime, is not in itself murder, whatever the authority may be that has instituted it. God, and the greatest legislators that have ever been in the universe, are of the same opinion. See Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the Marquis Beccaria, and the arguments and testimonies lately produced by Sir Samuel Romilly, in his motion for the amendment of the criminal laws of this kingdom. It is very remarkable, that the criminal code published by Joseph II., late emperor of Germany, though it consists of seventy-one capital crimes, has not death attached to any of them. Even murder, with all intention to rob, is punished only with "imprisonment for thirty years, to lie on the floor, to have no nourishment but bread and water, to be closely chained, and to be publicly whipped once a year, with less than one hundred lashes." See Colquhoun on the Police of the City of London, p. 272.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Matthew 5:27,33,43 You have heard that it was said by them of old time, You shall not commit adultery...

2 Samuel 20:18 Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel...

Job 8:8-10 For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers...

by them. or, to them. Thou.

Genesis 9:5,6 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man...

Exodus 20:13 You shall not kill.

Deuteronomy 5:17 You shall not kill.

and.

Exodus 21:12-14 He that smites a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death...

Numbers 35:12,16-21,30-34 And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not...

Deuteronomy 21:7-9 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it...

1 Kings 2:5,6,31,32 Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel...

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