Matthew 3:9 For I tell you that God is able from these stones {“Stones” (אבן)} to raise children {“Sons” (בן)} for Abraham.

John the Baptist makes a pun between the Hebrew words for “Stones” and “Sons.” If you remove the first letter from the Hebrew word for “stone” (eben) the remaining two letters spell the Hebrew word for “Son” (ben). Puns for the words “Stones” and “Sons” appear throughout the Gospel of Matthew including The Temptation, The Sermon on the Mount, The Confession of Peter, The Olivet Discourse, and The Passion.

Based on the book - “The Passion: The Poetry of God”