Acts 8:2

Howbeit reverent men assisted at the burial of Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And, Saul, was taking pleasure with them in his death. Moreover there arose, in that day, a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem; [and], all, were scattered abroad throughout the countries of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

3But, Saul, went on to lay waste the assembly, along the houses, going in, and, dragging off both men and women, was

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Cross References

Genesis 23:2And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, the same, is Hebron in the land of Canaan,—and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah and to weep for her.

Genesis 50:10And they came in, as far as the threshing-floor of the Buckthorn, which is beyond the Jordan, then wailed they there—an exceeding great and grievous wailing,—and he made for his father a mourning, of seven days.

Deuteronomy 34:8And the sons of Israel bewailed Moses in the waste plains of Moab thirty days,—then were completed the wailing-days of the mourning for Moses.

2 Samuel 3:31And David said unto Joab, and unto all the people who were with him,—Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and lament aloud before Abner. And, King David himself, was following the bier.

2 Chronicles 35:25And Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women in their dirges have spoken concerning Josiah, until this day, and they appointed them by statute for Israel,—and, there they are, written among the dirges.

Jeremiah 22:10Do not ye lament for him that is dead Neither bemoan ye, him, But weep ye—weep on—for him that is going away, For he shall not return any more Nor see the land of his birth.

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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