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Acts 7:59 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 59
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.Acts 7:59 · King James Version
Acts 7:59 in context
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.
60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Key words (Strong's)
- StephenstephanosStephen = " crowned" , one of the seven deacons in Jerusalem and the first…G4736 →
- receivedechomaito take with the hand, to take hold of, take up, to take up, receive, used of a place…G1209 →
- stonedlithoboleōto kill by stoning, to stone, to pelt one with stonesG3036 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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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