Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5557 stoning To strike an offender with stones until he or she is dead. Stoning normally took place outside the city walls. The prosecution witnesses, of whom there must be at least two, had to throw the first stones, followed if necessary by the spectators. Stoning was the punishment for certain offences under the Mosaic law Leviticus 20:1-2,27; Leviticus 24:13-14; Deuteronomy 13:6-10; Deuteronomy 17:2-7; Deuteronomy 22:23-24 Examples of stoning in upholding the Mosaic law Leviticus 24:23; Numbers 15:32-36; Joshua 7:24-25; 1 Kings 21:13-15; John 8:1-11 Examples of the threatened or actual stoning of God's servants Numbers 14:10 Joshua and Caleb; 1 Samuel 30:6 David; 2 Samuel 16:6; 2 Chronicles 24:20-21 Jesus Christ: John 8:59; John 10:31-33 Acts 7:58-59 Stephen Paul: Acts 14:19; 2 Corinthians 11:25 Hebrews 11:37 See also
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