Acts 22:20

And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I stood by and consented, and kept the garments of them that killed him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

In Context

19And I said: Lord, they know that I cast into prison, and beat in every synagogue, them that believed in thee.

21And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off, will I send thee.

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Cross References

Acts 7:58And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Acts 26:10Which also I did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority of the chief priests: and when they were put to death, I brought the sentence.

Revelation 2:13I know where thou dwellest, where the seat of Satan is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith. Even in those days when Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:4-22

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to… Read the whole commentary →

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