Acts 7:56
He said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
In Context
57But they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
Cross References
Matthew 3:16After being baptized, Jesus immediately went up from the water. And behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.
Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
Matthew 26:64Jesus said to him, “Yoʋ have said it yoʋrself. Nevertheless I say to you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Luke 3:21Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus had also been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened,
John 5:22The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
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 →