Acts 7:60
and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, “LORD, may You not lay to them this sin”; and having said this, he fell asleep.
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59and they were stoning Stephen, [as he was] calling and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit”;
Cross References
Daniel 6:10And Daniel, when he has known that the writing is signed, has gone up to his house, and the window being opened for him, in his upper chamber, toward Jerusalem, three times in a day he is kneeling on his knees, and praying, and confessing before his God, because that he was doing [it] before this.
Matthew 27:52and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the holy ones who have fallen asleep, arose,
Luke 22:41And He was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone’s cast, and having fallen on the knees He was praying,
Acts 9:40And Peter having put them all forth outside, having bowed the knees, prayed, and having turned to the body, said, “Tabitha, arise”; and she opened her eyes, and having seen Peter, she sat up,
Acts 20:36And having said these things, having bowed his knees, with them all, he prayed,
Romans 12:14Bless those persecuting you; bless, and do not curse;
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 →