| Luke 4:28-30 |
"Then all those in the synagogue, when
they heard these things, were filled with *wrath, (rage) and rose up and thrust
Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their
city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff." |
Israel insight
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We learned when they stoned someone they
would throw them down off a high place, such as this area near Caesarea
Philippi, onto the stones below.
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| John 8:3-11 |
"Then the scribes and Pharisees brought
to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they
said to Him, 'Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now
Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You
say?' This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to
accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as
though He did not hear. So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up
and said to them, 'He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone
at her first.'And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then
those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one,
beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the
woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one
but the woman, He said to her, 'Woman, where are those accusers of your?
Has no one condemned you? She said, 'No one, Lord.' And Jesus said to
her, 'Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.' " |
Israel insight
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This and the following are other examples
of stoning, where they throw stones at a person. |
| Acts 7:57-60 |
"Then they cried out with a loud voice,
stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; and they cast him out of
the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet
of a young man named Saul. And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and
saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.' Then he knelt down and cried out with
a loud voice, 'Lord, do not charge them with this sin.' And when he had said
this, he fell asleep." |
