Thematic Bible: Capital kinds of
Thematic Bible
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Exposing to wild beasts
If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, "Let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
At this point, the king ordered Daniel brought in and thrown into the lions' pit. The king spoke to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve constantly, will deliver you himself."
Then the king gave orders to bring those men who had tried to have Daniel devoured, and they threw them, their children, and their wives into the lions' pit. They had not reached the floor of the pit before the lions had overtaken them and crushed all their bones.
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Stoning
As they continued to stone Stephen, he kept praying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
"Take the one who cursed outside the camp. Everyone who heard him is to lay their hands on his head. Then the entire congregation is to stone him to death.
Stone him to death, because he sought to lure you from the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the land of slavery.
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Burning
Three months later, it was reported to Judah, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution! And look! She's pregnant because of it!" "Bring her out," Judah responded. "Let's burn her to death!"
"If a man takes a wife along with her mother, that's wickedness. They are to be burned with fire that is, both him and them, so that there will be no wickedness in your midst.
Anyone who does not fall down and worship is immediately to be thrown into the blazing fire furnace."
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Beheading
So without delay the king sent a soldier and ordered him to bring John's head. The soldier went and beheaded him in prison.
Within three more days, Pharaoh will behead you and hang you on gallows, where birds will eat your flesh from you."
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Hanging
"If a man is guilty of a capital offense, is executed, and then is impaled on a tree, his body must not remain overnight on the tree. You must bury him that same day, because cursed of God is the one who has been hanged on a tree. Don't defile your land that the LORD is about to give you as your inheritance."
so the LORD told Moses, "Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight for the LORD, so the LORD's burning anger may be withdrawn from Israel."
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Crucifying
Then they will hand him over to unbelievers to be mocked, whipped, and crucified, but on the third day he will be raised."
After they had crucified him, they determined who would get his clothes by throwing dice for them.
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Slaying with the sword
Samuel said, "Just as your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women." Then Samuel cut Agag into pieces in the LORD's presence in Gilgal.
He even had James, the brother of John, killed with a sword.
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Cutting in pieces
Then his master will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
In reply the king told the Chaldeans, "Here is what I have commanded: If you don't tell me both the dream and its meaning, you'll be destroyed and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Casting headlong from a rock
The army of Judah captured another 10,000 prisoners and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down from there where they all were dashed to pieces.
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Bruising in mortars
Though you crush a fool in a mortar and pestle as someone might crush grain, his stupidity still won't leave him.
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Sawing asunder
They were stoned to death, sawed in half, and killed with swords. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins. They were needy, oppressed, and mistreated.
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Casting into the sea
"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned at the bottom of the sea.