Thematic Bible: Millstone
Thematic Bible
Millstone » Probably used in executions by drowning
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
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It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
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Millstone » Figurative of a hard heart
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
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Millstone » Abimelech killed by one being of hurled upon him
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.
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Millstone » Not to be taken as a pledge
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
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