Why was the corpse of a stoned person described as obscene?
The corpse was described as obscene because Jewish stoning used rocks so large they required two hands to smash down on the victim. By the time they finished, the person was literally pummeled to the point that the remains were obscene.
Les explains that stoning was even worse than the 39 lashes. He cites a biography on the Apostle Paul describing how, when the Jews stoned someone to death, the corpse was obscene. The reason is the method: they used rocks so big it took two hands to smash them down on the person, and by the time they were through, the victim was literally pummeled to where they were obscene. The Apostle Paul went through that, and Les reminds us that in our western culture most of us have never suffered for our faith, yet this is what the man had to go through so we could have our New Testament.
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;