Acts 7:58

And they brought him out of the city, and stoned [him]. And the witnesses did off their clothes, beside the feet of a young man, that was called Saul.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

57And they cried with a great voice, and stopped their ears, and made with one will an assault into him.

59And they stoned Stephen, that called God to help (or who called to God for help), saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

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Cross References

Leviticus 24:14Lead out the blasphemer without the tents, and all men that heard him, set they their hands upon his head, and all the people stone him. (Lead out the blasphemer away from the tents, and all those who heard him, put they their hands upon his head, and let all the people stone him.)

Deuteronomy 13:9but anon thou shalt slay him. Thine hand be first upon him, and after thee, all the people put to (the) hand. (but at once thou shalt kill him. Thy hand be the first upon him, and after thee, the hands of all the other people.)

1 Kings 21:13and when two men, (the) sons of the devil, were brought (in), they made them to sit against him (or they had them sit opposite him), and they, that is, as men of the devil, said (false) witnessing against him before all the multitude, (saying), Naboth blessed God, and the king, that is, Naboth hath cursed God, and the king; for which thing they led him without the city, and killed him with stones.

John 10:23And Jesus walked in the temple, in (or on) the porch of Solomon.

Acts 6:13And they ordained false witnesses, that said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place, and the law.

Acts 9:1But Saul, yet a blower [or a breather] of menaces, and of beatings, [or slaying (s)], against the disciples of the Lord, came to the prince of (the) priests, (But Saul, still a breather of threats, and killings, against the disciples of the Lord, came to 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 →

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