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Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
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In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”
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When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
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At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.
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Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,
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but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”
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“But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”
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Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
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“Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
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So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
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When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha).
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The Empty Tomb
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
