From 890d5e8dde0581dbe546ba847f43b6786ce1a074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Belcher Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 22:13:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'bible/other/stone.md' --- bible/other/stone.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/bible/other/stone.md b/bible/other/stone.md index b88c58c9..54488b56 100644 --- a/bible/other/stone.md +++ b/bible/other/stone.md @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ ## Definition: ## -A stone is a small rock. The term "stoning" refers to throwing stones and larger rocks at a person in order to kill him. +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. * 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. -* The New Testament tells of a time that 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 because of testifying about Jesus, was stoned to death. +* 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. * In the city of Lystra, the apostle Paul was stoned, but he did not die from his wounds. (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))