Acts 7:58
dragged him outside the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
57With a loud outcry they stopped their ears, and rushed upon Stephen in a body,
59So they stoned Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
Cross References
John 10:23It was winter, and Jesus used to walk in the Temple, in Solomon’s Portico.
Acts 6:13They also set up false witnesses who testified. "This fellow is continually talking against the Holy Place and against the law.
Acts 9:1Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats 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 →