9. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshiped him.
CHAPTER V.
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT.
Exodus XX, 12: Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
This is the first command in the second table of the law. As the first table enjoined those duties which we owe directly to God, so the second table enjoins those duties which we owe to our fellow-men. As our parents are related to us next under God, the duties which we owe to them are appropriately placed first.
1. This Command Requires Reverence
and Obedience on the Part of Children.
Ex. XXI, 17. And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Prov. XX, 20. Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Prov. XXX, 17. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.