[safisoft]

Didn't Jesus establish the rule of "Two witnesses" to establish veracity

Wrong. He repeated what was revealed in the Torah. Matthew 18:16 is a repeat of Deuteronomy 19:15. Neither "Jesus" nor "Paul" made this stuff up. It is all a repeat of what was already written.

BTW, I would not use Thomas Jefferson as a source for such things. He may have been brilliant, but in the matters of Scripture he was pendantic.

[sevenbak]

I disagree. All truth has and will have at least 2 witnesses, sometimes 3. I don't see what the big deal is with this stone. It testifies of the truth, and verifies his word.

Deut. 17: 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

John 8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.

Matthew 18:16 In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

2 Corin. 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.