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Acts 7:57 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 57
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,Acts 7:57 · King James Version
Acts 7:57 in context
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.
59And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- stoppedsynechōto hold together, any whole, lest it fall to pieces or something fall away from it, to…G4912 →
- voicephōnēa sound, a tone, of inanimate things, as musical instruments, a voice, of the sound of…G5456 →
- loudmegasgreat, of the external form or sensible appearance of things , in particular, of space…G3173 →
- earsousthe ear, metaph. the faculty of perceiving with the mind, the faculty of understanding…G3775 →
- ranhormaōto set in rapid motion, stir up, incite, urge on, to start forward impetuously, to rushG3729 →
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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