Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen while he was calling on the Lord, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

In Context

58and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.

60And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Lord, let not this sin stand against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. And Saul was well pleased with his death.

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Cross References

Luke 23:46And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.

Acts 9:14and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name.

Acts 22:16And now, why do you delay? Arise, and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:2to the church of God which is in Corinth, to the sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all that in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

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 →

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