Posted: Aug 21, 2011 9:48 am
There are many cases of Jewish stoning, or attempted stoning, in the first century (if we take the biblical texts at face value). Stephen is a 'famous' example, since Saul (Paul) was there and supported it.
All the verses where they attempted or wanted to stone Jesus, in addition to verses like Acts 5:26, Acts 14:5, 6 and Acts 14:19, seem to suggest that stoning was 'all the rage' back then.
- Since the Jews wound up being blamed for the death of Jesus anyway, I guess he could just as well have allowed them to stone him in the first place. But then of course Christians would have had to wear necklaces with a set of small pebbles, and that wouldn't really stand out from other jewelry.
I guess the Christian (and more serious overall) answer to that would be that at the time they wanted to stone Jesus, his 'mission' wasn't yet finished. Other reasons?
Where is this story relayed?
All the verses where they attempted or wanted to stone Jesus, in addition to verses like Acts 5:26, Acts 14:5, 6 and Acts 14:19, seem to suggest that stoning was 'all the rage' back then.
- Since the Jews wound up being blamed for the death of Jesus anyway, I guess he could just as well have allowed them to stone him in the first place. But then of course Christians would have had to wear necklaces with a set of small pebbles, and that wouldn't really stand out from other jewelry.
I guess the Christian (and more serious overall) answer to that would be that at the time they wanted to stone Jesus, his 'mission' wasn't yet finished. Other reasons?
Byron wrote:
The high priest had to take advantage of a brief imperial power vacuum to stone James, brother of Jesus, and got himself deposed over it.
Where is this story relayed?