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

56and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God. 57And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord; and having cast [him] out of the city, they stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul. 59And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having 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

• castἐκβάλλωekballō · to expelG1544
• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• witnessesμάρτυςmartus · witnessG3144
• asideἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• clothesἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• youngνεανίαςneanias · young manG3494
• calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• SaulΣαῦλοςSaulos · SaulG4569

Cross-references for Acts 7:58

• Numbers 15:35And Jehovah said to Moses, The man shall certainly be put to death: the whole assembly shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
• 1 Kings 21:13And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
• Luke 4:29and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;
• Hebrews 13:12Wherefore also Jesus, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate:
• Acts 6:11Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.
• Leviticus 24:14Lead the reviler outside the camp; and all that heard [him] shall lay their hands upon his head, and the whole assembly shall stone him.
• John 10:23And Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of Solomon.
• Acts 6:13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;
• Deuteronomy 13:9but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;
• Deuteronomy 17:7The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
• Acts 8:1And Saul was consenting to his being killed. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and all were scattered into the countries of Judaea and Samaria except the apostles.
• Acts 22:20and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.
• Acts 9:1But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to 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
• Charge
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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