Acts 7:58
And, thrusting him forth outside the city, proceeded to stone him. And, the witnesses, laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
57And, crying out with a loud voice, they held their ears, and rushed with one accord upon him;
59And they stoned Stephen, as he was invoking and saying—Lord Jesus! give welcome unto my spirit.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:14Bring forth him that reviled unto the outside of the camp, then shall all that heard [him] lean their hands upon his head,—and all the assembly shall stone him.
Deuteronomy 13:9but thou shalt slay, him, thine own hand, shall be on him first, to put him to death,—and the hand of all the people afterwards.
1 Kings 21:13Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
John 10:23and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.
Acts 6:13And they set up false witnesses, who said—This man, ceaseth not speaking things against this holy place and the law;
Acts 9:1But, Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, going unto 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 →