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 told them, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand!” 57Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• castἐκβάλλωekballō · to expelG1544
• outἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• of the cityὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• stonedλιθοβολέωlithoboleō · to stoneG3036
• the witnessesμάρτυςmartus · witnessG3144
• laid downἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• clothesἱμάτιονhimation · clothingG2440
• atπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• a young man’sνεανίαςneanias · young manG3494
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• whose name wasκαλέωkaleō · 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! The whole community must stone him outside the camp.”
• 1 Kings 21:13Then the two scoundrels came and sat down across from him. And they accused Naboth before all the people, saying, “He cursed God and the king.” So he was dragged outside the town and stoned to death.
• Luke 4:29Jumping up, they mobbed him and forced him to the edge of the hill on which the town was built. They intended to push him over the cliff,
• Hebrews 13:12So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood.
• Acts 6:11So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.”
• Leviticus 24:14“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard the curse to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death.
• John 10:23He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.
• Acts 6:13The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.
• Deuteronomy 13:9You must put them to death! Strike the first blow yourself, and then all the people must join in.
• Deuteronomy 17:7The witnesses must throw the first stones, and then all the people may join in. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.
• Acts 8:1Saul was one of the witnesses, and he agreed completely with the killing of Stephen. A great wave of persecution began that day, sweeping over the church in Jerusalem; and all the believers except the apostles were scattered through the regions of Judea and Samaria.
• Acts 22:20And I was in complete agreement when your witness Stephen was killed. I stood by and kept the coats they took off when they stoned him.’
• Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers. So he 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

In the dictionaries

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• Paul, Saul
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• 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