Acts 7:59

and stoned Stephen, calling and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

58and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid off their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul,

60And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And saying this, he fell asleep.

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Cross References

Luke 23:46And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he expired.

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

Acts 22:16And now why tarriest thou? Arise, be immersed and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

1 Corinthians 1:2to the church of God which is at Corinth, those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon 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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