This saying made the Jewish authorities all the more determined to kill him; not only had he broken the Sabbath law, but he had said that God was his own Father and in this way had made himself equal with God.

Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple.

"Teacher," the disciples answered, "just a short time ago the people there wanted to stone you; and are you planning to go back?"

Moses prayed earnestly to the LORD and said, "What can I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."

David was now in great trouble, because his men were all very bitter about losing their children, and they were threatening to stone him; but the LORD his God gave him courage.

The tenants grabbed his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.

threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses left their cloaks in the care of a young man named Saul.

They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out to the Lord, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"