Acts 7:58
They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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In Context
57But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
59They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Cross References
Leviticus 24:14“Bring him who cursed out of the camp; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
Deuteronomy 13:9but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
1 Kings 21:13The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.
John 10:23It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
Acts 6:13and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter 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 →