Acts 7:57
At this, with a loud shout, they stopped their ears and all rushed on him, forced him outside the city,
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In The King James Version
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
In Context
56“Look,” he exclaimed, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God’s right hand!”
58and began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Cross References
Psalms 58:4Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears so they wouldn’t hear.
Acts 21:27But, just as the seven days were drawing to a close, some of the Jewish people from Roman Asia caught sight of Paul in the Temple, and caused great excitement among all the people present, by seizing Paul and shouting,
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 →