Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. New Living Translation and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul. English Standard Version Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. Berean Standard Bible They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. Berean Literal Bible and having cast him out of the city, began to stone him. And the witnesses laid aside their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. King James Bible And 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. New King James Version and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. New American Standard Bible When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. NASB 1995 When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul. NASB 1977 And when they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him, and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul. Legacy Standard Bible And when they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. Amplified Bible Then they drove him out of the city and began stoning him; and the witnesses placed their outer robes at the feet of a young man named Saul. Christian Standard Bible They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. Holman Christian Standard Bible They threw him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul. American Standard Version and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they seized and brought him outside the city, and they were stoning him, and those who testified against him placed their robes at the feet of a young man, one who is called Shaul. Contemporary English Version and dragged him out of the city. Then they started throwing stones at him. The men who had brought charges against him put their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. Douay-Rheims Bible And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. English Revised Version and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. GOD'S WORD® Translation and after they had thrown him out of the city, they began to stone him to death. The witnesses left their coats with a young man named Saul. Good News Translation threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses left their cloaks in the care of a young man named Saul. International Standard Version ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. Literal Standard Version and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning [him]—and the witnesses put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul— Majority Standard Bible They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. New American Bible They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. NET Bible When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. New Revised Standard Version Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. New Heart English Bible They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. Webster's Bible Translation And 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. Weymouth New Testament dragged him out of the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments and giving them into the care of a young man called Saul. World English Bible They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. Young's Literal Translation and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning him -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul -- Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Stoning of Stephen…57At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him. 58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”… Cross References Leviticus 24:14 "Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him. Leviticus 24:16 Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death. Deuteronomy 13:9 Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people. Deuteronomy 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you. 1 Kings 21:13 And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, "Naboth has cursed both God and the king!" So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death. Luke 4:29 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff. Acts 6:13 where they presented false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. Treasury of Scripture And 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. cast. Numbers 15:35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 1 Kings 21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. Luke 4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. stoned. Acts 6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. Leviticus 24:14-16 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him… John 10:23-26 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch… the witnesses. Acts 6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: Deuteronomy 13:9,10 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people… Deuteronomy 17:7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. their. Acts 8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. Acts 22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. Acts 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, Jump to Previous Care Cast City Clothes Clothing Dragged Driven Driving Feet Forth Garments Laid Outer Outside Placed Saul Stone Stoned Stoning Threw Throwing Witnesses YoungJump to Next Care Cast City Clothes Clothing Dragged Driven Driving Feet Forth Garments Laid Outer Outside Placed Saul Stone Stoned Stoning Threw Throwing Witnesses YoungActs 7 1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers, 20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built; 37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ; 44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time; 51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold. 54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, 59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them. (58) And stoned him.--Literally, were stoning him. The verb is repeated in Acts 7:59, as if to show that the shower of stones went on even during the martyr's prayers. The witnesses laid down their clothes.--The Law required, as if to impress on witnesses their solemn responsibility, that they should be the first, if the accused were condemned to death, to take part in his execution (Deuteronomy 17:7). Our Lord, it will be remembered, had applied the rule in the case of the woman taken in adultery (John 8:7). The loose, flowing cloak, which was worn as an outer garment, would have impeded the free action of their arms, and had therefore to be laid on one side. A young man's feet, whose name was Saul.--As defined by Philo, on the authority of medical writers, the term thus used extended from twenty-one to twenty-eight years of age. Looking to the prominent position taken by Saul in this matter, and to his description of himself as "Paul the aged," A.D. 64 (Philemon 1:9), it will be safe to assume that he had nearly attained the later limit. It will be convenient on this his first appearance to put together the chief facts of his life up to this period. He was of the tribe of Benjamin (Philippians 3:5), and had been named after its great hero-king. His father had obtained, perhaps as a freed-man, after a time of slavery at Rome, the privilege of Roman citizenship (Acts 22:28). He had settled at Tarsus. The absence of any reference to him or to the Apostle's mother makes it probable that they were both dead before he appears on the scene. The son of a married sister is found, apparently residing in Jerusalem, in Acts 23:16. At Tarsus the boy would probably receive a two-fold education, instructed at home in the Holy Scriptures daily, and in Greek literature and philosophy in the schools for which the city was famous. Traces of the knowledge thus acquired are found in his quotations from the Cilician poet Aratus (see Note on Acts 17:28), Menander (see 1Corinthians 15:33), Epimenides (see Titus 1:12), and the Festival Hymn quoted by him at Lystra (see Note on Acts 14:17). At twelve he would become a child of the Law (see Note on Luke 2:42); and showing great devotion to the studies which thus opened on him, was probably dedicated by his parents to the calling of a scribe. This, however, did not involve the abandonment of secular occupation; and after some years spent in Jerusalem, studying under Gamaliel (we may say, with almost absolute certainty, before the commencement of our Lord's ministry), he returned to his native city, and became a "tent-maker" (Acts 18:3)--a manufacturer, i.e., of the coarse goats' hair sail-cloth, for which Cilicia was famous. There seems reason to believe that somewhere about this time he became acquainted with Barnabas (see Note on Acts 4:36), and possibly also with St. Luke (see Note on Acts 13:1; Acts 16:10, and Introduction to St. Luke's Gospel). In the interval between the Ascension and the appointment of the Seven Deacons, he came up to Jerusalem. He finds a new sect, as it would seem, added to the three--the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes--whom he had known before. In some respects their teaching is such as Hillel, the grandfather of Gamaliel, would have approved. They pray and fast, and give alms. They proclaim a resurrection and a judgment after death. They connect that proclamation with the belief that a teacher of Nazareth, who had died a malefactor's death, was the long-expected Messiah. What is he to think of these startling claims? What were others thinking? Gamaliel, his master, counselled caution and a policy of expectation (Acts 5:35-39); Barnabas, his early friend, had joined the new society (Acts 4:36); Andronicus and Junias, his kinsmen, had followed the example (Romans 16:7). But Saul had a zeal which was more fiery than theirs. He was a Pharisee after the straitest sect, and the teaching of Stephen, more conspicuously, it would seem, than that of Peter, was a protest against Pharisaism, and told of its coming downfall. He, therefore, could make no truce with that teaching, and burst impatiently from the cautions of his master. For good or for evil, he was at least "thorough," and had the courage of his convictions. Even the face as of an angel and the words of ecstatic joy did but kindle in him the fire of a burning indignation. . . . Verse 58. - They cast for cast, A.V. ; garments for clothes, A.V.; the feet of a young man for a young man's feet, A.V.; named Saul for whose name was Saul, A.V. They cast. We have here the identical phrase of Luke 4:29. The witness. According to Deuteronomy 17:7, "the hands of the witnesses were to be first upon" the idolater "to put him to death." They took off their clothes, their outer garments, so as to be free to hurl the stones at their victim with greater force. The feet of a young man. The word νεανίας is found only here and in Acts 20:9; Acts 23:17, 18, 22; and frequently in the LXX. for the Hebrew נַעִר. A man might be called a νεανίας probably to the age of thirty. This appearance of Saul upon the stage of St. Luke's narrative is an element which will soon change the whole current of the narrative, and divert it from Jerusalem to the whole earth. Nothing can be more striking than this introduction of the young man Saul to our view as an accomplice (albeit "ignorantly in unbelief") in the martyrdom of Stephen. Who that stood there and saw him keeping the clothes of the witnesses would have imagined that he would become the foremost apostle of the faith which he sought to destroy from off the face of the earth?Parallel Commentaries ... Greek They dragged [him]ἐκβαλόντες (ekbalontes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1544: To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject. out of ἔξω (exō) Preposition Strong's 1854: Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. city πόλεως (poleōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town. [and] began to stone [him]. ἐλιθοβόλουν (elithoboloun) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 3036: To stone, cast stones (at), kill by stoning. From a compound of lithos and ballo; to throw stones, i.e. Lapidate. Meanwhile, καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. witnesses μάρτυρες (martyres) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3144: A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a 'martyr'. laid ἀπέθεντο (apethento) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 659: To lay off or aside, renounce, stow away, put. From apo and tithemi; to put away. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. garments ἱμάτια (himatia) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 2440: A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress. at παρὰ (para) Preposition Strong's 3844: Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. feet πόδας (podas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 4228: The foot. A primary word; a 'foot'. of a young man νεανίου (neaniou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3494: A young man, youth; a man in his prime (used even of a man of 40). From a derivative of neos; a youth. named καλουμένου (kaloumenou) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'. Saul. Σαύλου (Saulou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 4569: Saul, the apostle. Of Hebrew origin, the same as Saoul; Saulus, the Jewish name of Paul. Links Acts 7:58 NIVActs 7:58 NLT Acts 7:58 ESV Acts 7:58 NASB Acts 7:58 KJV Acts 7:58 BibleApps.com Acts 7:58 Biblia Paralela Acts 7:58 Chinese Bible Acts 7:58 French Bible Acts 7:58 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 7:58 They threw him out of the city (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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