Acts 7:60
And kneeling down, he cried with a high voice, and said, Our Lord, let not this sin arise against them. And when this he had said, he slept.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
59And they stoned Estephanos, (he) praying and saying, Our Lord Jeshu, receive my spirit.
Cross References
Matthew 27:52And the house of the buried was opened; and the bodies of many of the saints who had been asleep arose,
Luke 22:41And he removed from them as (about the distance of) a stone's throw, and bowed the knee, and prayed,
Acts 9:40But Shemun put forth all the men without, and fell upon his knees and prayed; and he turned towards the corpse and said Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes;
Acts 20:36And when these he had said, he kneeled on his knees and prayed, and all the men with him.
Romans 12:14Bless your persecutors; bless, and curse not.
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 →