Acts 7:54-60

The Stoning of Stephen

54 Now when they heard these things ¹they were enraged, and they ²ground their teeth at him.

55 But he, ³full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw ⁴the glory of God, and Jesus standing ⁵at the right hand of God.

56 And he said, "Behold, I see ⁶the heavens opened, and ⁷the Son of Man standing ⁸at 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 ⁹they cast him out of the city and ¹⁰stoned him. And ¹¹the witnesses laid down their garments ¹²at the feet of a young man named Saul.

59 And as they were stoning Stephen, ¹³he called out, "Lord Jesus, ¹⁴receive my spirit."

60 And ¹⁵falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, ¹⁶"Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, ¹⁷he fell asleep.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Or rushed with one mind