Acts 7:58

dragged him out of the city, and began to stone him. His accusers laid their coats down beside a young man called Saul.

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In The King James Version

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

In Context

57But they held their hands over their ears and shouted as loudly as they could. They rushed together at him,

59As they went on stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 24:14“Take the man who cursed me outside the camp. Have all who heard him curse put their hands on his head; then have everyone stone him to death.

Deuteronomy 13:9No, you absolutely must kill them! You start killing them, and then have everyone else help.

1 Kings 21:13Two bad men came and sat opposite him, and accused him in front of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the town and stoned him to death.

John 10:23Jesus was walking in the Temple through Solomon's Porch. The Jews surrounded him, asking,

Acts 6:13and called false witnesses who testified against him. “This man is always slandering the holy Temple and the law,” they said.

Acts 9:1But meanwhile Saul was making violent threats against the disciples of the Lord, wanting to kill them. He 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 →

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