Luke 20:5-6
20:6 a the people will stone us: Stoning was the penalty for blasphemy (Lev 24:14-15 b), idolatry (Lev 20:2 c; Deut 13:10 d), and other sins of defiance against God. The people might have regarded rejection of an authentic prophet as blasphemy deserving of stoning.
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