“And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.”
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the young men laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul - the execution is extrajudicial and brutal. 'Dragged him out of the city' follows Jewish law that executions for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16) happen outside the city boundary. The stoning (lithobolein, pelting with stones) is violent and prolonged. The detail 'the young men laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul' introduces Saul of Tarsus at a pivotal moment: he is the guardian of the executioners' garments, making him complicit in the killing. This moment will haunt Saul and set the stage for his conversion.
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