Acts 8:2

And believing men gathered up and buried Stephen. And they lamented over him greatly.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

In Context

1And Saul was consenting and participating in his death. And there was, in that day, a great persecution against the church that was at Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed, except the legates, among the villages of Judaea and likewise among the Samaritans.

3And Saul persecuted the church of God, entering houses, and dragging forth men and women and committing them to prison.

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Matthew Henry on Acts 8:2-4

Persecution of the Church. 1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. In these verses we have, I. Something more… Read the whole commentary →

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