Acts 8:2

Acts 8:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
• New International Version (NIV)Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Context of Acts 8:2

1Now Saul was in agreement with Stephen’s execution. On that day a great persecution arose against Messiah’s community in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Samaria, except the emissaries. Some devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3But Saul was destroying Messiah’s community, entering house after house; and dragging off men and women, he was throwing them into prison. 4Now those who had been scattered went around proclaiming the Word.

Acts 8:2 word by word

συνεκόμισαν δὲ τὸν Στέφανον ἄνδρες εὐλαβεῖς καὶ ἐποίησαν κοπετὸν μέγαν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• devoutεὐλαβήςeulabēs · devoutG2126
• menἀνήρanēr · manG435
• carriedσυγκομίζωsugkomizō · to entombG4792
• Stephenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• StephenΣτέφανοςStephanos · StephenG4736
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• madeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• lamentationκοπετόςkopetos · lamentationG2870
• overἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Acts 8:2

• Acts 2:5Now Jewish people were staying in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.
• Acts 10:2He was a devout man, revering God with all his household. He gave tzadakah generously to the people and prayed to God continually.
• Luke 2:25Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Ruach ha-Kodesh was on him.
• Genesis 23:2Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
• Genesis 50:10When they came to the threshing floor of the bramble on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there—a very great and solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.
• Numbers 20:29When they saw that Aaron had died, the entire community mourned Aaron 30 days.
• Deuteronomy 34:8Bnei-Yisrael wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping, mourning for Moses, were ended.
• 1 Samuel 28:3Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his hometown. Saul had removed from the land those who were mediums and spiritists.
• 2 Samuel 3:31Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Rend your clothes, gird with sackcloth, and lament before Abner.” King David walked behind the platform.
• 2 Chronicles 32:33So Hezekiah slept with his fathers and they buried him in the upper section of the tombs of the sons of David. All Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. His son Manasseh became king in his place.
• 2 Chronicles 35:25Now Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the singers, male and female, commemorated Josiah in their laments. And they made them an ordinance in Israel and behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• Isaiah 57:1The righteous one perishes, but no one takes it to heart. Godly men are taken away, but no one discerns that the righteous man is taken from evil.
• Jeremiah 22:10Weep not for the dead or bemoan him. Weep bitterly for him who departs, for he will never return, or see his native country again.
• John 11:31The Judeans, who were with Miriam in the house and comforting her, seeing how quickly she got up and went out, followed her. They thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Commentaries on Acts 8:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Devout men carried Stephen to his burial - The Greek word, , signifies not only to carry, or rather to gather up, but also to do every thing necessary for the interment of the dead. Among the Jews, and indeed among most nations of the earth, it was esteemed a work of piety, charity, and mercy, to bury the dead. The Jews did not bury those who were condemned by the Sanhedrin in the burying place of the fathers, as they would not bury the guilty with the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And devout men - Religious men. The word used here does not imply of necessity that they were Christians. There might have been Jews who did not approve of the popular tumult, and the murder of Stephen, who gave him a decent burial. Joseph of Arimathea, and Nicodemus, both Jews, thus gave to the Lord Jesus a decent burial, John 19:38-39. Carried Stephen - The word translated “carried” means properly to “collect,” as fruits, etc. Then it is applied to all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Saul was there: Compare 9:1–2; 22:4; 26:9–11; Galatians 1:13–14. This major attack against the church caused all believers except the apostles to flee. Instead of losing enthusiasm, they preached the good news about Jesus wherever they went.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. and devout men--pious Jews, probably, impressed with admiration for Stephen and secretly inclined to Christianity, but not yet openly declared.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 8:2

• Burial
• Character
• Church
• Intolerance, Religious
• Jerusalem
• Stephen

In the dictionaries

• Stephen
• Believe
• Bitterness
• Consent
• Devout
• Havock
• Join
• Mourn
• Pray
• Regard

Commentaries on Acts 8

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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