However, neither the Amplified Bible translation nor any other translation specifically say that it is only if the woman dies, capital punishment is incurred. The blog author also makes the assumption that the verse says if only the woman dies, the offender shall be put to death. Rather, the word used is one that means “to bring forth life.” (The Amplified Bible was the first version of the Bible produced by the Lockman Foundation, and a later translation, the NASB, does not contain the same translation.)Īll other translations I’ve found use the term “premature birth” instead of “miscarriage.” This is no doubt because the standard Hebrew word for miscarriage, used in other Old Testament verses such as Exodus 23:26, is not used in Exodus 21:22. The translation which was linked ( The Amplified Bible, produced by the same translators of the New American Standard Bible, the Lockman Foundation) is the only one I can find that uses the word “miscarriage” in this context. It should be apparent from this that the aborted fetus is not considered a living human being since the resulting punishment for the abortion is nothing more than a fine it is not classified by the bible as a capital offense.įalse. In Exodus 21:22 it states that if a man causes a woman to have a miscarriage, he shall be fined however, if the woman dies then he will be put to death. One of the commenters (apparently there for the purpose of supporting abortion) posted an article from “The Christian Left Blog” titled “ The Bible Tells Us When A Fetus Becomes A Living Being.” The gist of the article is that the Bible clearly states that human beings aren’t alive until they take their first breath ergo, abortion is okay with God.Īddressing all of the author’s fallacies and baseless assumptions would make this post entirely too long, so I’ll stick with refuting four of his arguments (or lack thereof).ġ.
I can’t remember the exact topic, but I believe Abby had made a comment among the lines of how more Christian churches needed to stand up for the unborn.
A few weeks ago, I was participating in a discussion on Abby Johnson’s Facebook page.
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