Acts 7:58

dragged him out of the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments and giving them into the care of a young man called Saul.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

In Context

57Upon this, with a loud outcry they stopped their ears, rushed upon Stephen in a body,

59So they stoned Stephen, while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

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Cross References

John 10:23and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon's Portico,

Acts 6:13Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.

Acts 9:1Now Saul, whose every breath was a threat of destruction for the disciples of the 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 →

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