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. 1 Kings 19:10; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Jeremiah 2:30; Matthew 23:31, 37; See Matthew 5:12; Matthew 21:35
• 2. See Acts 3:14
• 3. See Acts 5:28
• 4. Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2; [ver. 38; Deuteronomy 33:2]
• 5. John 7:19
• 6. Acts 5:33; [Acts 2:37]
• 7. Job 16:9; Psalms 35:16; Psalms 37:12
• 8. Acts 6:5
• 9. Exodus 24:16; Luke 2:9; John 12:41
• 10. Psalms 110:1; See Mark 16:19
• 11. See John 1:51
• 12. See Daniel 7:13
• 13. [See ver. 55 above]
• 14. Leviticus 24:14-16; Numbers 15:35; 1 Kings 21:13; [Luke 4:29; Hebrews 13:12]
• 15. Matthew 21:35; Matthew 23:37; Hebrews 11:37
• 16. Acts 6:13; [Deuteronomy 13:9, 10; Deuteronomy 17:7]
• 17. Acts 8:1; Acts 22:20; [Acts 22:4]
• 18. Acts 9:14
• 19. Psalms 31:5; Luke 23:46
• 20. Acts 9:40; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5; Luke 22:41; Ephesians 3:14
• 21. See Matthew 5:44
• 22. See Matthew 27:52

Footnotes

• [a]. Or rushed with one mind