'Stone' in the Bible
and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down! For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you,' and 'On [their] hands they will lift you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"
Or what man is [there] among you, [if] his son will ask him [for] bread, will give him a stone?
Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?
And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and [the one] on whom it falls--it will crush him!"
But he answered [and] said to them, "Do you not see all these [things]? Truly I say to you, not [one] stone will be left here on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"
and placed it in his [own] new tomb that he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a large stone to the entrance of the tomb [and] went away.
So they went with the guard of soldiers [and] made the tomb secure [by] sealing the stone.
And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came up [and] rolled away the stone and sat down on it.
Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.
And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not [one] stone will be left here on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"
And [after] purchasing a linen cloth [and] taking him down, he wrapped [him] in the linen cloth and placed him in a tomb that had been cut from the rock. And he rolled a stone over the entrance of the tomb.
And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"
And [when they] looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away (for it was very large).
So the devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, order this stone that it become bread!"
and 'on [their] hands they will lift you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.'"
And they will raze you to the ground, [you] and your children within you, and will not leave a stone upon a stone within you, {because} you did not recognize the time of your visitation."
But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced [that] John was a prophet."
But he looked intently at them [and] said, "What then is this that is written: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.'
Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and [the one] on whom it falls--it will crush him!"
"[As for] these [things] that you see--days will come in which not [one] stone will be left on [another] stone that will not be thrown down!"
And they found the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,
Now six stone water jars were set there, in accordance with the ceremonial cleansing of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.
Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"
And when they persisted in asking him, straightening up he said to them, "The [one] of you without sin, let him throw the first stone at her!"
Then the Jews picked up stones again so that they could stone him.
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"
The Jews answered him, "We are not going to stone you concerning a good deed, but concerning blasphemy, and because you, [although you] are a man, make yourself [to be] God!"
The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were seeking just now to stone you, and are you going there again?"
Then Jesus, deeply moved within himself again, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying on it.
Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the one who had died, said to him, "Lord, he is stinking already, because it has been four days."
So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes above and said, "Father, I give thanks to you that you hear me.
So Pilate, [when he] heard these words, brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat, in the place called The Stone Pavement (but Gabbatha in Aramaic).
Now on the first [day] of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, [while it] was still dark, and saw the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
This one is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become {the cornerstone}.
And [after they] had driven [him] out of the city, they began to stone [him], and the witnesses laid aside their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
So when an inclination took place [on the part] of both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat [them] and to stone them,
Therefore, [because we] are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.
Why that? Because [they did] not [pursue it] by faith, but as [if] by works. They stumbled over the {stone that causes people to stumble},
just as it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion {a stone that causes people to stumble}, and {a rock that causes them to fall}, and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."
revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.
But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,
to whom you are drawing near, a living stone rejected by men but chosen [and] precious in the sight of God.
For it stands in scripture, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a chosen [and] precious cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame."
Therefore the honor [is] for you who believe, but for those who refuse to believe, "The stone that the builders rejected, this one has become {the cornerstone},"
and "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense," who stumble [because they] disobey the word to which also they were consigned.
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give to him [some] of the hidden manna, and I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, that no one knows except the one who receives [it].'
And the one seated [was] similar in appearance to jasper and carnelian stone, and a rainbow [was] around the throne similar in appearance to emerald.
And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, {in order not to worship} the demons and the gold and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which are able neither to see nor to hear nor to walk,
And one powerful angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw [it] into the sea, saying, "In this way Babylon the great city will be thrown down with violence, and will never be found again!
that has the glory of God. Its radiance [is] like a precious stone, [something] like a jasper stone, shining like crystal.
The foundations of the wall of the city are adorned with every kind of precious stone: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
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