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, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56“Look!” he said. “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent. 58When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive 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 7:54When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
• Acts 23:27This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.
• Psalms 58:4Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,
• Proverbs 21:13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
• Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not 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