Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Matthew 18:6

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offend: Psa 105:15; Zac 2:8; Mar 9:42; Luk 17:1, Luk 17:2; Act 9:5; Rom 14:13-15, Rom 14:21; Rom 15:1-3; Co1 8:9-13, Co1 10:32, Co1 10:33; Th2 1:6-9 little: Mat 18:10, Mat 18:14; Zac 13:7; Luk 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 υπερβολον λιθον, and the scholiast on the Equites of Aristophanes: Οταν \[Strong's G3752\], γαρ \[Strong's G1063\], κατεποντων \[Strong's G2671\], τινας \[Strong's G5099\], βαρος \[Strong's G922\], απο \[Strong's G575\], των τραχηλων \[Strong's G5137\], εκρεμων \[Strong's G2910\]. "When a person was drowned, they hung a weight about his neck. Matthew 18:7

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