Acts 7:59
And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
In Context
58And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Cross References
Psalms 31:5Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.
Luke 23:46And Jesus crying out with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And saying this, he gave up the ghost.
Acts 9:14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that invoke thy name.
Acts 22:16And now why tarriest thou? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.
1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God that is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, in every place of 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 →