Acts 7:58
And having expelled him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments beside the feet of a young man called Saul.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
59And they stoned Stephen, who was calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:14Bring forth him who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
Deuteronomy 13:9but thou shall surely kill him. Thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
1 Kings 21:13And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. And the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him forth o
John 10:23And Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.
Acts 6:13And they put forward FALSE witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law.
Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing threat and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, after going to the high priest,
Matthew Henry on Acts 7:55-60
Stephen's Martyrdom; Stephen's Dying Prayer. 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58 And cast him out of… Read the whole commentary →