Acts 7:58
and dragging him out of the city, stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, named Saul.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
57Then they screamed out with a great cry, and stopped their ears, and rushed all together upon him,
59And they stoned Stephen, in the act of prayer, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!
Cross References
John 10:23And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s portico.
Acts 6:13and they set up false witnesses, saying, This man doth not cease speaking blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
Acts 9:1BUT Saul, still breathing out threatenings and murder against the disciples of the Lord, applying 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 →