Acts 7:58

Acts 7:58 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Context of Acts 7:58

56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him. They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Acts 7:58 word by word

καὶ ἐκβαλόντες ἔξω τῆς πόλεως ἐλιθοβόλουν. καὶ οἱ μάρτυρες ἀπέθεντο τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας νεανίου καλουμένου ΣαύλουRead the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• They draggedἐκβάλλωekballō · to expelG1544
• out ofἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• began to stoneλιθοβολέωlithoboleō · to stoneG3036
• witnessesμάρτυςmartus · witnessG3144
• laidἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• garmentsἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440
• atπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• of a young manνεανίαςneanias · young manG3494
• namedκαλέωkaleō · to call: nameG2564
• SaulΣαῦλοςSaulos · SaulG4569

Cross-references for Acts 7:58

• Numbers 15:35And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
• 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
• Luke 4:29They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.
• Hebrews 13:12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
• Acts 6:11Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
• Leviticus 24:14“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
• John 10:23and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
• Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
• Deuteronomy 13:9Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
• Deuteronomy 17:7The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
• Acts 8:1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
• Acts 22:20And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
• Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

Commentaries on Acts 7:58

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 58Cast him out of the city, and stoned him - They did not however wait for any sentence to be pronounced upon him; it seems they were determined to stone him first, and then prove, after it had been done, that it was done justly. For the manner of stoning among the Jews, see the note on Leviticus 24:23. The witnesses laid down their clothes - To illustrate this whole transaction, see the observations at the end of this chapter.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 58And cast him out of the city - This was in accordance with the usual custom. In Leviticus 24:14, it was directed to bring forth him that had cursed without the camp; and it was not usual, the Jewish writers inform us, to stone in the presence of the Sanhedrin. Though this was a popular tumult, and Stephen was condemned without the regular process of trial, yet some of the “forms” of law were observed, and he was stoned in the manner directed in the case…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 54-60Verses 54-60 Nothing is so comfortable to dying saints, or so encouraging to suffering saints, as to see Jesus at the right hand of God: blessed be God, by faith we may see him there. Stephen offered up two short prayers in his dying moments. Our Lord Jesus is God, to whom we are to seek, and in whom we are to trust and comfort ourselves, living and dying. And if this has been our care while we live, it will be our comfort when we die. Here is a prayer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 58Saul was his name in Hebrew, and Paul was his Greek name (see 13:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 57-5857-58. Then they cried out ... and ran upon him with one accord--To men of their mould and in their temper, Stephen's last seraphic words could but bring matters to extremities, though that only revealed the diabolical spirit which they breathed.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 7:58

• Anger
• Complicity
• Gates
• Government
• Homicide
• Intolerance, Religious
• Martyrdom
• Paul
• Punishment
• Revenge
• Stephen
• Witness

In the dictionaries

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• Paul, Saul
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• Martyr
• Resist
• Saying
• Stone
• Thrust
• Wisdom

Commentaries on Acts 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings