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Acts 7:60 KJV
Acts · chapter 7 · verse 60
And 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.Acts 7:60 · King James Version
Acts 7:60 in context
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)
- criedkrazōto croak, of the cry of a raven, hence, to cry out, cry aloud, vociferate, to cry or pray…G2896 →
- 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 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- layhistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
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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