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# stone, stones, stoning #
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## Definition: ##
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A stone is a small rock. To "stone" someone is to throw stones and larger rocks at that person with the intention of killing him. A "stoning" is an event in which someone was stoned.
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* In ancient times, stoning was a common method of executing people as punishment for crimes they had committed.
* God commanded the Israelite leaders to stone people for certain sins, such as adultery.
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* In the New Testament, Jesus forgave a woman caught in adultery and stopped people from stoning her.
* Stephen, who was the first person in the Bible to be killed for testifying about Jesus, was stoned to death.
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* In the city of Lystra, the apostle Paul was stoned, but he did not die from his wounds.
(See also: [adultery](../kt/adultery.md), [commit](../other/commit.md), [crime](../other/criminal.md), [death](../other/death.md), [Lystra](../names/lystra.md), [testimony](../kt/testimony.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [Acts 07:57-58](rc://en/tn/help/act/07/57)
* [Acts 07:59-60](rc://en/tn/help/act/07/59)
* [Acts 14:5-7](rc://en/tn/help/act/14/05)
* [Acts 14:19-20](rc://en/tn/help/act/14/19)
* [John 08:4-6](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/08/04)
* [Luke 13:34-35](rc://en/tn/help/luk/13/34)
* [Luke 20:5-6](rc://en/tn/help/luk/20/05)
* [Matthew 23:37-39](rc://en/tn/help/mat/23/37)
## Word Data:##
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* Strong's: H68, H69, H810, H1382, H1496, H1530, H2106, H2672, H2687, H2789, H4676, H4678, H5553, H5601, H5619, H6344, H6443, H6697, H6864, H6872, H7275, H7671, H8068, G2642, G2991, G3034, G3035, G3036, G3037, G4074, G4348, G5586