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Acts 7:56 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 56
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.Acts 7:56 · King James Version
Acts 7:56 in context
54When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- standinghistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
- heavensouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- Beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- openedanoigōto openG455 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- handdexiosthe right, the right hand, metaph., a place of honour or authorityG1188 →
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We have here the death of the first martyr of the Christian church, and there is in this story a lively instance of the outrage and fury of the persecutors (such as we may expect to meet with if we are called out to suffer for Christ), and of the courage and comfort of the persecuted, that are thus called out.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 54-60