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# stone, stoning #
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## Definition: ##
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A stone is a small rock. To “stone” someone isto throw stones and larger rocks at that person with the intention of killing him. A “stoning” is an event in which someone was stoned.
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* In ancient times, stoning was a common method of executing people as punishment for crimes they had committed.
* God commanded the Israelite leaders to stone people for certain sins, such as adultery.
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* In the New Testament, Jesus forgave a woman caught in adultery and stopped people from stoning her.
* Stephen, who was the first person in the Bible to be killed for testifying about Jesus, was stoned to death.
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* In the city of Lystra, the apostle Paul was stoned, but he did not die from his wounds.
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(See also: [adultery ](../kt/adultery.md ), [commit ](../other/commit.md ), [crime ](../other/criminal.md ), [death ](../kt/death.md ), [Lystra ](../other/lystra.md ), [testimony ](../kt/testimony.md ))
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## Bible References: ##
* [Acts 07:57-58 ](en/tn/act/help/07/57 )
* [Acts 07:59-60 ](en/tn/act/help/07/59 )
* [Acts 14:5-7 ](en/tn/act/help/14/05 )
* [Acts 14:19-20 ](en/tn/act/help/14/19 )
* [John 08:4-6 ](en/tn/jhn/help/08/04 )
* [Luke 13:34-35 ](en/tn/luk/help/13/34 )
* [Luke 20:5-6 ](en/tn/luk/help/20/05 )
* [Matthew 23:37-39 ](en/tn/mat/help/23/37 )
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