Acts 7:58
And they seized him, and hurried him out of the city, and stoned him. And they who testified against him, laid their clothes at the feet of a certain young man who was called Saul.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
57And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and all rushed upon him.
59And they stoned Stephen, while he prayed and said: Our Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Cross References
John 10:23And Jesus walked in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.
Acts 6:13And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to utter words contrary to the law, and against this holy place.
Acts 9:1And Saul was still full of threats and deadly hatred against the disciples of our Lord.
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 →