Acts 7:57

Acts 7:57 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
• New International Version (NIV)At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord;

Context of Acts 7:57

55But Stephen was full of the Holy Spirit. He looked into heaven, saw God’s glory, and Jesus in the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne. 56So Stephen said, “Look, I see heaven opened and the Son of Man in the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the throne!” But the council members shouted and refused to listen. Then they rushed at Stephen with one purpose in mind, 58and after they had thrown him out of the city, they began to stone him to death. The witnesses left their coats with a young man named Saul. 59While council members were executing Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, welcome my spirit.”

Acts 7:57 word by word

κράξαντες δὲ φωνῇ μεγάλῃ συνέσχον τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν καὶ ὥρμησαν ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• they cried outκράζωkrazō · to cryG2896
• with aφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• loudμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• stoppedσυνέχωsunechō · to hold/oppressG4912
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• earsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• earsοὖςous · earG3775
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• ranὁρμάωhormaō · to stampedeG3729
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• with one accordὁμοθυμαδόνhomothumadon · unitedG3661

Cross-references for Acts 7:57

• Acts 7:54As council members listened to Stephen, they became noticeably furious.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul in the temple courtyard. They stirred up the whole crowd and grabbed Paul.
• Acts 23:27The Jews had seized this man and were going to murder him. When I found out that he was a Roman citizen, I went with my soldiers to rescue him.
• Psalms 58:4They have poisonous venom like snakes. They are like a deaf cobra that shuts its ears
• Proverbs 21:13Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will call and not be answered.
• Zechariah 7:11“But people refused to pay attention. They shrugged their shoulders at me and shut their ears so that they couldn’t hear.

Commentaries on Acts 7:57

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 57They - stopped their ears - As a proof that he had uttered blasphemy, because he said, He saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. This was a fearful proof against them; for if Jesus was at the right hand of God, then they had murdered an innocent person; and they must infer that God's justice must speedily avenge his death. They were determined not to suffer a man to live any longer who could say he saw the heavens opened and Jesus Christ standing at…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 57Then they cried out - That is, probably, “the people,” not the members of the council It is evident he was put to death in a popular tumult. They had charged him with blasphemy; and they regarded what he had now said as full proof of it. And stopped their ears - That they might hear no more blasphemy. With one accord - In a tumult; unitedly.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. 57They covered their ears because they thought comparing Jesus to the divine Son of Man was a terrible offense against God (7:56).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 7:57

• Anger
• Government
• Homicide
• Intolerance, Religious
• Revenge
• Stephen

In the dictionaries

• Charge
• Resist
• Saying
• Stone
• Thrust
• Wisdom
• Witness
• Accord; According; Accordingly
• Acts of the Apostles
• Ear

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