Thematic Bible: Modes of execution


Thematic Bible



And all the whole multitude bade stone them with stones. But the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of witness, unto all the children of Israel. Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfAppearances Of God In OtStoningTheophanyFear Of Stoning

and set two unthrifties before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'Thou didst curse both God and the king.' And upon that carry him out and stone him to death." Verse Conceptsethics, socialPersecution, Forms OfSatan, As The Enemy Of GodTwo WitnessesTwo WitnessesCursing GodKilling Named Individuals

"Bring him that cursed without the host; and let all that heard him put their hands upon his head, and let all the multitude stone him. Verse ConceptsCongregationDeath penaltyCamps, Unclean ThingsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfLaying On Of HandsHands On HeadsOutside The CampLaying On Hands For EvilInstructions About Stoning

And Joshua said, "Inasmuch as thou hast troubled us: the LORD shall trouble thee this day." And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burnt them with fire, and overwhelmed them with stones. Verse ConceptsThe DeadTrouble, Causes OfDeath penaltyPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRetributionBurning PeopleTroubling Groups Of PeopleFamily Death

"'If there be man or woman that worketh with a spirit or a maker of dismal days, they shall die for it. Men shall stone them with stones, and their blood shall be upon them.'" Verse ConceptsAstrologyFamiliar SpiritsDeath penaltyMale And FemaleSorcery And MagicSpiritismWitchcraftFortunetellingNecromancyAvoid SpiritismInstructions About StoningDeath Penalty For Heresywitchespsychics

let them bring her unto the door of her father's house, and let the men of that city stone her with stones to death, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house. And so thou shalt put evil away from thee. Verse ConceptsdisgraceBanishmentPunishment, Legal Aspects OfDeath Penalty For Sexual SinInstructions About StoningsexDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A FatherSex Before MarriageFamily DeathFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And Daughtersmistresspremaritalwhoresvirginity

then thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates and shalt stone them with stones and they shall die. Verse ConceptsGatesPunishment, Legal Aspects OfBusiness At The GatewayInstructions About Stoning

"Tell the children of Israel, whosoever he be of the children of Israel or of the strangers that dwell in Israel that giveth of his seed unto Moloch, he shall die for it: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyPunishment, Legal Aspects OfStonesIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfAliens, Believers DutyStrangersInstructions About StoningDeath Penalty For Heresy

And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him unto Moses and Aaron and unto all the congregation: and they put him inward, for it was not declared what should be done unto him. And the LORD said unto Moses, "The man shall die: let all the multitude stone him with stones without the host." read more.
And all the multitude brought him without the host and stoned him with stones, and he died as the LORD commanded Moses.

And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die, because he hath gone about to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God which brought thee out of Egypt, the house of bondage. Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfGroups Of SlavesInstructions About StoningGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

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then ye shall bring them both out unto the gates of that same city and shall stone them with stones to death: The damsel because she cried not, being in the city, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife; and thou shalt put away evil from thee. Verse ConceptsComing To GatesInstructions About Stoning

Yea, they shall bring the common people upon thee, which shall stone thee, and slay thee down with their swords. Verse ConceptsPeople Cut In PiecesFear Of Stoning

I will put my jealousy upon thee, so that they shall deal cruelly with thee. They shall cut off thy nose and thine ears, and the remnant shall fall through the sword. They shall carry away thy sons and daughters, and the residue shall be burnt in the fire. Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGod, Zeal OfJealousyMutilationNosesDisfigurementSurvivors DestroyedKilled With The SwordBurning PeopleChildren SufferingSevering Body Parts

And it came to pass that after three months, one told Judah, saying, "Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the whore, and with playing the whore is become great with child." And Judah said, "Bring her forth and let her be burnt." Verse ConceptsProstitutionPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSexual Sin, Nature OfTwo To Four MonthsBurning PeopleDeath Penalty For Sexual SinTelling Of People's Situations

If a man take a wife and her mother thereto, it is wickedness. Men shall burn with fire both him and them, that there be no wickedness among you. Verse ConceptsAbominationsCremationPunishment, Legal Aspects OfForbidden Sexual RelationshipsBurning PeopleDeath Penalty For Sexual SinMarriage ControlledSex Before MarriageSame Sex Marriage

If a priest's daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore she shall be burnt with fire. Verse ConceptsdaughtersCremationAdulterersProfanityProstitutionPunishment, Legal Aspects OfHarlotsBurning Peoplebranding

And all the prisoners of Judah that are in Babylon, shall take upon them this term of cursing, and say, 'Now God do unto thee, as he did unto Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; Verse ConceptsBurning PeopleLike Bad PeopleCursing The Ungodly

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of indignation, so that the countenance of his face changed upon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Therefore he charged and commanded, that the oven should be made seven times hotter, than it was wont to be: and spake unto the strongest worthies that were in his house, for to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them in to the hot burning oven. So these men were bound in their coats, hosen, shoes with their other garments, and cast into the hot burning oven. read more.
For the king's commandment was so straight, and the oven was exceeding hot. As for the men that put in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, the flame of the fire destroyed them. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell down in the hot burning oven, being fast bound.


And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and smote him and slew him and buried him in his own house in the wilderness. Verse ConceptsSwordsLiving In The WildernessKilling Named Individuals

And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and smote him that he died. Verse ConceptsMurder

And he said unto them, "Thus sayeth the LORD of Israel, 'Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the host: and slay every man his brother, every man his friend and every man his neighbor." And the children of Levi did as Moses had said. And there were slain of the people the same day, about three thousand men.

And the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada: which went out and smote him that he died. And so was the kingdom settled in the hand of Solomon. Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTKilling Named IndividualsThe Kingdom Of Solomon

And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him: and the evildoers, one on right hand, and the other on the left. Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical DeathDeath penaltyCrucifixion, Of ChristPainTortureCalvarySkullsChrist Was KilledCrucifiedOthers CrucifiedBurying placesassertivenesscrucifixion


When they had crucified him, they parted his garments, and did cast lots. To fulfill that was spoken by the prophet, "They divided my garments among them: and upon my vesture did cast lots." Verse ConceptsClothingBody Of Christ, Physical DeathCasting LotsTortureChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyGamblingChrist Was KilledDividing PlunderCrucifixion, Of ChristGarmentsgamescrucifixion

And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots for them, what every man should have. Verse ConceptsClothingChanceCrucifixion, Of ChristTortureGamblingChrist Was KilledDividing Plunder

And they crucified with him two thieves: the one on the right hand, and the other on his left hand. Verse ConceptsCriminalsDeath penaltyDeathbedsStealingTwo Needy MenActual ThievesChrist Was KilledCrucifiedOthers CrucifiedThe Crossthievescrucifixion

And the king of Ai he hanged on tree, until evening. And as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded and they took the carcass down off the tree, and cast it in the entering of the gate of the city, and cast thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. Verse ConceptsGallowsGatesHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSunsetsCairnsPeople Hung To DeathPlaces To This Day

If a man have committed a trespass worthy of death and is put to death for it and hanged on tree: let not his body remain all night upon the tree, but bury him the same day. For the curse of God is on him that is hanged. Defile not thy land therefore, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit.

and hanged the chief baker: even as Joseph had interpreted unto them. Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyPeople Hung To Death


But when Herod heard of him, he said, "It is John whom I beheaded, he is risen from death again." Verse ConceptsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfMartyrdom, Methods OfBeheading

And immediately the king sent the hangman and commanded his head to be brought in. And he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a charger and gave it to the maiden, and the maiden gave it to her mother.

and cast him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, named Saul. Verse ConceptsCrimesevangelists, ministry ofMartyrdom, Examples OfMartyrdom Of The SaintsMartyrdom, Methods OfOutside The City

And the hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to kill him, and afterward the hands of all the people: so shalt thou put wickedness away from thee. Verse ConceptsBeing Firstevil, warnings againstBanishmentPurity, Moral And SpiritualWitnesses, LegalFirst To Act

Thine hand shall be first upon him to kill him; and then the hands of all the people. Verse ConceptsApproval To KillFirst To ActDeath Of A Family Member

Thine hand shall be first upon him to kill him; and then the hands of all the people. Verse ConceptsApproval To KillFirst To ActDeath Of A Family Member

And the LORD said unto Moses, "The man shall die: let all the multitude stone him with stones without the host." And all the multitude brought him without the host and stoned him with stones, and he died as the LORD commanded Moses.