Sentence examples for was commanded to kill from inspiring English sources

Abraham was tested by God when he was commanded to kill his son Isaac, and Job, after a period of affliction and loss, was restored to health and prosperity as a reward for his righteousness.

While confronting him, Jenna asks Maynard if the dog who gives him his orders has died, a reference to the Son of Sam killer allegedly being commanded to kill by a neighbour's possessed dog.

Halakha, Jewish law, states that it is permitted, if not commanded, to kill such a person before he accomplishes his intent.

"No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person," he said, adding at another point: "There was no command to kill or be brutal".

Sitting back and talking one afternoon in a small, concrete-block room with a glass wall facing the main visiting area at the prison, he said the command to kill was a feeling.

The books Snow White: Magic Mirror Book and The Complete Story of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs reveal that the Huntsman was afraid to disobey a command to kill Snow White because the Queen's might feed him to her panthers or shrink him magically "to the size of a walnut".

He replied that the command to kill Rushdie was based on the purely religious opinion of a religious head.

Convicting and punishing a defendant who genuinely believed that God commanded him to kill is not unscientific, it is immoral and unjust.

The command was for Abraham to kill his son.

Soldiers are trained to kill on command, and this is done not simply through physical preparedness exercises but through dehumanization of the enemy: a cult of dehumanization, you might say.

"He commands you to kill!" he cackled.