Thematic Bible: Millstone
Thematic Bible
Millstone » Probably used in executions by drowning
"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.
"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 thrown into the sea.
It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
Millstone » Figurative of a hard heart
Millstone » Abimelech killed by one being of hurled upon him
But a certain woman threw an upper millstone down on Abimelech's head, fracturing his skull.
Millstone » Not to be taken as a pledge
"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood.