Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:5Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.

Luke 23:46And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.

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

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

1 Corinthians 1:2unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] 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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