Acts 7:1
And the chief priest said, “Are then these things so?”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 26:61said, “This One said, I am able to throw down the temple of God, and after three days to build it.”
John 18:19The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning His disciples, and concerning His teaching;
Acts 6:13they also set up false witnesses, saying, “This one does not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the Law,
Matthew Henry on Acts 7:1
When our Lord Jesus called his apostles out to be employed in services and sufferings for him, he told them that yet the last should be first, and the first last, which was remarkably fulfilled in St. Stephen and St. Paul, who were both of them late converts, in comparison of the apostles, and yet got the start of them both in services and sufferings; for God, in conferring honours and favours, often crosses hands. In this chapter we have the martyrdom of Stephen, the first martyr of the Christian church, who led… Read the whole commentary →