Acts 7:58
Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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In Context
57But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,
59And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:14Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.
Deuteronomy 13:9But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
1 Kings 21:13And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
John 10:23And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's covered way.
Acts 6:13And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
Acts 9:1But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went 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 →