Acts 7:54-60

Stephen’s Martyrdom

54 Now [when they] heard these [things], they were infuriated in their hearts and gnashed [their] teeth at him.

55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven [and] saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

56 And he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

57 But crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears and rushed at him with one purpose.

58 And [after they] had driven [him] out of the city, they began to stone [him], and the witnesses laid aside their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

59 And they kept on stoning Stephen [as he] was calling out and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

60 And falling to [his] knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" And [after he] said this, he fell asleep.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal
• [b]. *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [c]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("looked intently") has been translated as a finite verb
• [d]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had driven") which is understood as temporal
• [e]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [f]. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began stoning")
• [g]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [h]. *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("was calling out") which is understood as temporal
• [i]. *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [j]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("said") which is understood as temporal
• [k]. Or "he passed away"