Acts 7:57

At this the council members covered their ears, and shouting out with a loud voice, altogether they rushed at him.

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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

56Stephen said, “Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

58They dragged him out of the city where they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid down their outer clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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Cross References

Psalms 58:4Their poison is like a snake's poison; 1 they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears, 1

Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and set their shoulders stubbornly. They stopped up their ears so they would not hear.

Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost finished, some Jews from Asia, seeing Paul in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd, and laid hands on him.

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 →

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