Acts 7:58
and cast him out of the city and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
57Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
59And they stoned Stephen calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Cross References
John 10:23And Jesus was walking about the temple, in Solomon's portico.
Acts 6:13and they set up false witnesses; who said, This man is continually speaking blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law.
Acts 9:1But Saul still breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest, and desired of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus,
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 →