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 he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57But they shouted with loud voices, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one mind. When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” 60Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” 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

• of the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• stoningλιθοβολέωlithoboleō · to stoneG3036
• the witnessesμάρτυςmartus · witnessG3144
• laidἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• their cloaksἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440
• at the feetπούςpous · footG4228
• a youngνεανίαςneanias · young manG3494
• namedκαλέωkaleō · to call: nameG2564
• SaulΣαῦλοςSaulos · SaulG4569

Cross-references for Acts 7:58

• Numbers 15:35Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”
• 1 Kings 21:13Then the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him; and the worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
• Luke 4:29and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and brought Him to the crest of the hill on which their city had been built, so that they could throw Him down from the cliff.
• Hebrews 13:12Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood.
• Acts 6:11Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
• Leviticus 24:14“Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have all the congregation stone him.
• John 10:23it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area, in the portico of Solomon.
• Acts 6:13They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking against this holy place and the Law;
• Deuteronomy 13:9Instead, you shall most certainly kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
• Deuteronomy 17:7The hands of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall eliminate the evil from your midst.
• Acts 8:1Now Saul approved of putting Stephen to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
• Acts 22:20And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing nearby and approving, and watching over the cloaks of those who were killing him.’
• Acts 9:1Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went 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

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• Stone
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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