Matthew 18:6 (KJV)
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But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck andthat he were drowned in the depth of the sea
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offend. Ps 105:15 Zec 2:8 Mr 9:42 Lu 17:1 Lu 17:2 Ac 9:5 Ro 14:13-15 Ro 14:21 Ro 15:1-3 1Co 8:9-13 1Co 10:32 1Co 10:33 2Th 1:6-9
little. Mt 18:10 Mt 18:14 Zec 13:7 Lu 17:2
that a.This mode of punishment appears to have obtained in Syria as well as in Greece, especially in cases of parricide. That it was customary in Greece we learn from Suidas, in [hyperbolon lithon,] and the scholiast on the Equites of Aristophanes: [Hotan gar katara tinos baros apo ton trachelos kremannumi .] "When a person was drowned, they hung a weight about his neck."
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