Thematic Bible: By the witnesses


Thematic Bible



The witnesses’ hands are to be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from you. Verse ConceptsBeing Firstevil, warnings againstBanishmentPurity, Moral And SpiritualWitnesses, LegalFirst To Act

When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.” Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfShrewdnessAcknowledge, SinUncharitablenessAbusive ParentsThrowing StonesQuestioning ChristFirst OnesInstructions About Stoning

Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people. Verse ConceptsApproval To KillFirst To ActDeath Of A Family Member

They threw him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul. They were stoning Stephen as he called out: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

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