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Acts 7:58

They 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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In The King James Version

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

In Context

57At this the council members covered their ears, and shouting out with a loud voice, altogether they rushed at him.

59As they were stoning Stephen, he was calling out to the Lord and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 24:14“Take the man who has cursed God outside the camp. All who heard him must lay their hands on his head, and then the entire assembly must stone him.

Deuteronomy 13:9Instead, you will surely kill him; your hand will be the first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

1 Kings 21:13The two dishonest men came in and sat before Naboth; they testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed both God and the king.” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death.

John 10:23It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon.

Acts 6:13They brought false witnesses, who said, “This man does not stop speaking words against this holy place and the law.

Acts 9:1But Saul, still speaking threats even of murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

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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