Acts 7:55
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
Cross References
Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
Ezekiel 10:4Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.
Ezekiel 11:23And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.
Mark 16:19After the Lord had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
John 14:3And if I go, I will prepare a place for you. I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
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 →