Acts 7:58
and throwing him out of the city they stoned him! (The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.)
Family 35 New Testament
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In Context
57Yelling at the top of their voice they covered their ears and rushed at him all at once,
59Yes, they stoned Stephen as he called out and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Cross References
John 10:23And Jesus was walking about in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
Acts 6:13and they put forward false witnesses who said: “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against the holy place and the law;
Acts 9:1Meanwhile Saul, still exhaling murderous threats against 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 →