Acts 7:59

They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

World English Bible

In The King James Version

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

In Context

58They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

60He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:5Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, LORD, God of truth.

Luke 23:46Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

Acts 9:14Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”

Acts 22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’

1 Corinthians 1:2to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

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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