Was Paul stoned?
Yes. The Apostle Paul was stoned. He was dragged out of Lystra for dead, and stoning is described as even worse than beatings, using rocks so big they took two hands to smash down. The Apostle went through that, so Paul did endure stoning.
Les teaches that Paul was dragged out of Lystra for dead, and that there were other times he was next to death through sickness, beatings, imprisonments, or whatever. He explains that stoning was even worse than the thirty-nine lashes. Reading a biography on the Apostle Paul, he notes that when Jews stoned someone to death, the corpse was obscene because they used rocks so large it took two hands to smash them down, leaving the person pummeled. The Apostle went through that, and this helps us remember what he suffered 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;
And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
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What does it mean that Paul was stoned?
Being 'stoned' as Paul describes means being killed by the Jewish method of stoning people.