Acts 7:52-60

52 ¹Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ²the Righteous One, ³whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

53 you who received the law ⁴as delivered by angels and ⁵did not keep it. ”

The Stoning of Stephen

54 Now when they heard these things ⁶they were enraged, and they ⁷ground their teeth at him.

55 But he, ⁸full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw ⁹the glory of God, and Jesus standing ¹⁰at the right hand of God.

56 And he said, “Behold, I see ¹¹the heavens opened, and ¹²the Son of Man standing ¹³at the right hand of God. ”

57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together^[a] at him.

58 Then ¹⁴they cast him out of the city and ¹⁵stoned him. And ¹⁶the witnesses laid down their garments ¹⁷at the feet of a young man named Saul.

59 And as they were stoning Stephen, ¹⁸he called out, “Lord Jesus, ¹⁹receive my spirit. ”

60 And ²⁰falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, ²¹“Lord, do not hold this sin against them. ” And when he had said this, ²²he fell asleep.

Cross References

• 1. 7:52 1 Kgs. 19:10; 2 Chr. 36:16; Jer. 2:30; Matt. 23:31, 37; See Matt. 5:12; 21:35
• 2. 7:52 See ch. 3:14
• 3. 7:52 See ch. 5:28
• 4. 7:53 Gal. 3:19; Heb. 2:2; [ver. 38; Deut. 33:2]
• 5. 7:53 John 7:19
• 6. 7:54 ch. 5:33; [ch. 2:37]
• 7. 7:54 Job 16:9; Ps. 35:16; 37:12
• 8. 7:55 ch. 6:5
• 9. 7:55 Ex. 24:16; Luke 2:9; John 12:41
• 10. 7:55 Ps. 110:1; See Mark 16:19
• 11. 7:56 See John 1:51
• 12. 7:56 See Dan. 7:13
• 13. 7:56 [See ver. 55 above]
• 14. 7:58 Lev. 24:14-16; Num. 15:35; 1 Kgs. 21:13; [Luke 4:29; Heb. 13:12]
• 15. 7:58 Matt. 21:35; 23:37; Heb. 11:37
• 16. 7:58 ch. 6:13; [Deut. 13:9, 10; 17:7]
• 17. 7:58 ch. 8:1; 22:20; [ch. 22:4]
• 18. 7:59 ch. 9:14
• 19. 7:59 Ps. 31:5; Luke 23:46
• 20. 7:60 ch. 9:40; 20:36; 21:5; Luke 22:41; Eph. 3:14
• 21. 7:60 See Matt. 5:44
• 22. 7:60 See Matt. 27:52

Footnotes

• [a] 7:57 Or 'rushed with one mind'