46 occurrences

'Stone' in the Bible

"There isn't a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there?

Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodProvision From RocksBreadBeing A Good FatherFishparenthood

The person who falls over this stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush anyone on whom it falls."

Verse ConceptsCrushingGod, The RockGrinding PeopleChrist The RockHurt And Betrayalwaterfallscrushes

But he told them, "You see all these things, don't you? I tell all of you with certainty, there isn't a single stone here that will be left standing on top of another. They will all be torn down."

Verse ConceptsThe Shortness Of TimeDestruction Of The TempleBuilding Stones RejectedPutting Things Down

Then he placed it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. After rolling a large stone across the door of the tomb, he left,

Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

So they went and secured the tomb by putting a seal on the stone in the presence of the guards.

Verse ConceptsInfallible ProofsSealing Things

Suddenly, there was a powerful earthquake, because an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, approached the stone, rolled it away, and was sitting on top of it.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordearthquakesTombsRollingAngels Doing God's WorkOthers Going Down

"Do you see these large buildings?" Jesus responded. "Not one stone here will be left on another that will not be torn down."

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The TempleBuilding Stones RejectedPutting Things Down

Joseph bought some linen cloth, took the body down, wrapped it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadFuneralsClothembalmingLinenTombsExcavationLowering PeopleRollingJesus Tomb

They kept saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?"

Verse ConceptsTombsRolling

Then they looked up and saw that the stone had been rolled away. (It was a very large stone.)

Verse ConceptsBarriersBig ThingsRolling

The Devil told him, "Since you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."

Verse ConceptsProvision From RocksWho Is Jesus?

What father among you, if his son asks for bread, would give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish, would give him a snake instead of the fish?

Verse ConceptsSnakesRepulsive FoodFathers And SonsBreadGivingBeing A Good FatherFishfatherhoodparenthood

They will level you to the ground you and those who live within your city limits. They will not leave one stone on another within your walls, because you didn't recognize the time when you were visited."

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeVisitationDestruction Of The TempleGod VisitingBuilding Stones RejectedPutting Things DownGod's TimingGods Timingrecognition

But if we say, "From humans,' all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced that John was a prophet."

Verse ConceptsFear Of StoningIndividual ProphetsMan's Teaching

But Jesus looked at them and asked, "What does this text mean: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?

Verse ConceptsArchitectureGod, The RockReadingMasonsOccupationsSymbolsCapstoneChrist The RockRejection

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls."

Verse ConceptsCrushingGod, The RockStumbling Over ChristGrinding PeopleBeing Killed By A Rockcrushes

"As for these things that you see, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another that won't be knocked down."

Verse ConceptsJudgement To ComeDestruction Of The TempleBuilding Stones Rejected

Now standing there were six stone water jars used for the Jewish rites of purification, each one holding from two to three measures.

Verse ConceptsJews, TheJudaismRitual WashingWashingWaterWeights And Measures, LiquidSix ThingsWater ContainersStone ItemsMeans Of PurifyingPurifying OneselfOther Volume Measures

When they persisted in questioning him, he straightened up and told them, "Let the person among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfShrewdnessAcknowledge, SinUncharitablenessAbusive ParentsThrowing StonesQuestioning ChristFirst OnesInstructions About Stoning

Again the Jewish leaders picked up stones to stone him to death.

Verse ConceptsChrist Would Be KilledFear Of Stoning

Jesus replied to them, "I've shown you many good actions from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfDoing God's WorksFear Of StoningThe Father

The Jewish leaders answered him, "We are not going to stone you for a good action, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, are making yourself God!"

Verse ConceptsClaimsIrreverenceJesus Christ, Deity OfCalled Himself The ChristBlasphemyFear Of Stoning

The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death, and you are going back there again?"

Verse ConceptsRabbiChrist Would Be KilledFear Of Stoning

Groaning deeply again, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying in front of it.

Verse ConceptsCavesBurials, Places OfTombsCaves For BuryingCaves Used As Graves

Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesCorruption Of BodyembalmingdoubtersSmellsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithFour Or Five Dayslazarus

On the first day of the week, early in the morning and while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and noticed that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

Verse ConceptsLord's Day, TheSundayStonesThe First Day Of The WeekThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsJesus TombDarkness Of NightThose Who Rose EarlyPerspective

He is "the stone that was rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.'

Verse ConceptsCornerstonesGod, The RockMasonsOccupationsSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneBuildersChrist The Rock

ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Verse ConceptsCrimesevangelists, ministry ofMartyrdom, Examples OfMartyrdom Of The SaintsMartyrdom, Methods OfOutside The City

Now when an attempt was made by both gentiles and Jews, along with their authorities, to mistreat and stone them,

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapPersecution Of The Apostle PaulAntagonism From Jew And GentileFear Of Stoning

So if we are God's children, we shouldn't think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone, or is an image carved by humans using their own imagination and skill.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage

Why not? Because they did not pursue it on the basis of faith, but as if it were based on achievements. They stumbled over the stone that causes people to stumble.

Verse ConceptsProphecies Concerning ChristTrusting In WorksSaved By FaithWorks Of The LawConversion Of Israel

As it is written, "Look! I am placing a stone in Zion over which people will stumble a large rock that will make them fall and the one who believes in him will never be ashamed."

Verse ConceptsdefeatNot AshamedZion, As A SymbolCornerstoneCapstoneSaving FaithChrist The RockThe Effects Of FaithNot DisappointedDisappointment

You are demonstrating that you are the Messiah's letter, produced by our service, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Verse ConceptsFreedom from the LawCovenant, the newGod, Living And Self sustainingPaul, Teaching OfTabletsNames And Titles For The ChristianThe Spirit Of GodStones As MonumentsWriting On PeopleOther References To The HeartEclipseLiving For GodMinistryministering

Now if the ministry of death that was inscribed in letters of stone came with such glory that the people of Israel could not gaze on Moses' face (because the glory was fading away from it),

Verse ConceptsShining FacesMinistry, Nature OfMoses, Significance OfSpiritually DeadLight Of God's PeopleengravingGod Bestowing GloryMinistry

As you come to him, the living stone who was rejected by people but was chosen and precious in God's sight,

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfValuesChrist, Names ForDrawing Near To ChristChrist The RockChrist's LifePrecious

a stone they stumble over and a rock they trip on." They keep on stumbling because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

Verse ConceptsLibertinismPredestined PlansStumblingAbuse, Of Christian FreedomProphecies Concerning ChristStumbling Over ChristPeople StumblingChrist The RockRoyal Priesthood

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone. On the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the person who receives it.'"

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodMannaNewnessUniquenessWhiteOvercomersDelicaciesUnknown ThingsHidden ThingsGod Renaming PeopleWriting On ObjectsOvercoming Through ChristTaught By The SpiritA New NameBenefits Of HeavenSpiritual crownsOvercomingChange And Growth

The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessFalse ReligionDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofGoldStonesWoodIdolatry Consists OfAtheism, Description OfBrassImpotence Of IdolsIdols Not SeeingIdol WorshipIdolatryUnhearingWorshipping The DevilWood And StoneBronze For IdolsRepentance

Then a powerful angel picked up a stone that was like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "The great city Babylon will be thrown down violently and will never be found again.

Verse ConceptsMillstonesThings Passing AwayStrength Of AngelsDestruction Of BabylonBabylon DestroyedAngelsIn The Heart Of The Sea

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