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They were stoned (ελιθασθησαν). Like Zechariah son of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:20). "A characteristic Jewish punishme…

They were stoned. This was a common method of punishment among the Jews. See the notes on Matthew 21:35, 44.
Thus Zechariah, the so…

They were stoned.—As Zechariah (2 Chronicles 24:20–22), and—according to a Jewish tradition mentioned by Tert…

And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samue…

Stoning was a characteristic Jewish form of execution. Some people of faith suffered at the hands of their fellow-countrymen. To be “sawed in two” …

They were stoned
As Naboth, by the order of Ahab, (1 Kings 21:13–19), Zachariah in the court of the Lord…

After all our searches into the Scriptures, there is more to be learned from them. We should be pleased to think how great the number of believers …

Having given examples of the holy fathers of old who did many great things for the faith, the Apostle now gives examples of those who suffered for …
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson