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Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul. <a href="/nlt/acts/7.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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. <a href="/esv/acts/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/acts/7.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/acts/7.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/acts/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nasb/acts/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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. <a href="/nasb77/acts/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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. <a href="/lsb/acts/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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. <a href="/amp/acts/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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. <a href="/csb/acts/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/acts/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/asv/acts/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/acts/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> 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. <a href="/erv/acts/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/acts/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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. <a href="/gnt/acts/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses left their cloaks in the care of a young man named Saul. <a href="/isv/acts/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/msb/acts/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/acts/7.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/acts/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. <a href="/wbt/acts/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/web/acts/7.htm">World English Bible</a> They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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— <a href="/blb/acts/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> 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. <a href="/ylt/acts/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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 -- <a href="/slt/acts/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And having cast out of the city, they stoned: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. <a href="/cpdv/acts/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 7:57>And driving him out, beyond the city, they stoned him. And witnesses placed their garments beside the feet of a youth, who was called Saul. <a href="/nabre/acts/7.htm">New American Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they seized him and took him outside the city and began to stone him. Those who testified against him placed their clothes under the care of a young man called Saul. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul. <a href="/godbey/acts/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> and casting him out from the city, they began to stone him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, called Saul: <a href="/haweis/acts/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> and dragging him out of the city, stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, named Saul. <a href="/mace/acts/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a> then they dragg'd him out of the city, and stoned him: the false witnesses having laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. <a href="/wey/acts/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/worrell/acts/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and, having thrust him forth outside of the city, they kept stoning him! And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul. <a href="/worsley/acts/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> and cast him out of the city and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul. <a href="/parallel/acts/7-58.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=2308" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/7.htm">The Stoning of Stephen</a> …57At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him. 58<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1544.htm" title="1544: ekbalontes (V-APA-NMP) -- To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject.">They dragged him</a> <a href="/greek/1854.htm" title="1854: exō (Prep) -- Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.">out of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4172.htm" title="4172: poleōs (N-GFS) -- A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.">city</a> <a href="/greek/3036.htm" title="3036: elithoboloun (V-IIA-3P) -- To stone, cast stones (at), kill by stoning. From a compound of lithos and ballo; to throw stones, i.e. Lapidate.">and began to stone him.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Meanwhile</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3144.htm" title="3144: martyres (N-NMP) -- A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a martyr.">witnesses</a> <a href="/greek/659.htm" title="659: apethento (V-AIM-3P) -- To lay off or aside, renounce, stow away, put. From apo and tithemi; to put away.">laid</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2440.htm" title="2440: himatia (N-ANP) -- A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress.">garments</a> <a href="/greek/3844.htm" title="3844: para (Prep) -- Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. ">at</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4228.htm" title="4228: podas (N-AMP) -- The foot. A primary word; a foot.">feet</a> <a href="/greek/3494.htm" title="3494: neaniou (N-GMS) -- A young man, youth; a man in his prime (used even of a man of 40). From a derivative of neos; a youth.">of a young man</a> <a href="/greek/2564.htm" title="2564: kaloumenou (V-PPM/P-GMS) -- (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to call.">named</a> <a href="/greek/4569.htm" title="4569: Saulou (N-GMS) -- Saul, the apostle. Of Hebrew origin, the same as Saoul; Saulus, the Jewish name of Paul.">Saul.</a> 59While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Acts 8:1</a> And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. <a href="/acts/22-20.htm">Acts 22:20</a> And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’ <a href="/acts/9-1.htm">Acts 9:1-2</a> Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest / and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. <a href="/acts/26-10.htm">Acts 26:10</a> And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them. <a href="/acts/22-4.htm">Acts 22:4</a> I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison, <a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Acts 8:3</a> But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison. <a href="/acts/9-13.htm">Acts 9:13-14</a> But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. / And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.” <a href="/acts/26-9.htm">Acts 26:9-11</a> So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. / And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them. / I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them. <a href="/acts/22-19.htm">Acts 22:19</a> ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You. <a href="/acts/9-21.htm">Acts 9:21</a> All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?” <a href="/acts/22-3.htm">Acts 22:3</a> “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today. <a href="/acts/26-14.htm">Acts 26:14</a> We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ <a href="/acts/9-5.htm">Acts 9:5</a> “Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied. <a href="/acts/22-7.htm">Acts 22:7</a> I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’ <a href="/acts/26-15.htm">Acts 26:15</a> ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.<a href="/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35</a> 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.<a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm">1 Kings 21:13</a> 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.<a href="/luke/4-29.htm">Luke 4:29</a> 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.<a href="/acts/6-11.htm">Acts 6:11</a> Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.<a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Leviticus 24:14-16</a> 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… <a href="/john/10-23.htm">John 10:23-26</a> And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch… the witnesses.<a href="/acts/6-13.htm">Acts 6:13</a> And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:<a href="/deuteronomy/13-9.htm">Deuteronomy 13:9,10</a> 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… <a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm">Deuteronomy 17:7</a> 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.<a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Acts 8:1</a> 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.<a href="/acts/22-20.htm">Acts 22:20</a> 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.<a href="/acts/9-1.htm">Acts 9:1</a> And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/6-1.htm">Care</a> <a href="/acts/7-21.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/acts/4-27.htm">City</a> <a href="/john/21-7.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/acts/1-10.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/acts/6-12.htm">Dragged</a> <a href="/john/12-31.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/luke/20-15.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/acts/7-49.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/acts/7-12.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/acts/1-10.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/john/21-7.htm">Outer</a> <a href="/acts/7-21.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/acts/7-21.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-29.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/acts/5-26.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/acts/5-26.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/john/10-33.htm">Stoning</a> <a href="/john/21-7.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/luke/21-1.htm">Throwing</a> <a href="/acts/6-13.htm">Witnesses</a> <a href="/acts/7-41.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/9-34.htm">Care</a> <a href="/acts/12-8.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/acts/8-5.htm">City</a> <a href="/acts/12-8.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/acts/9-39.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Dragged</a> <a href="/acts/11-19.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/acts/13-50.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/acts/9-34.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/acts/9-30.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/acts/9-39.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/acts/12-13.htm">Outer</a> <a href="/acts/9-40.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/acts/8-17.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/acts/14-5.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/acts/7-59.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/acts/7-59.htm">Stoning</a> <a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Threw</a> <a href="/acts/13-46.htm">Throwing</a> <a href="/acts/10-39.htm">Witnesses</a> <a href="/acts/12-13.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 7</div>1. <a href="/acts/7-1.htm">Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,</a> 2. <a href="/acts/7-2.htm">shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers,</a> 20. <a href="/acts/7-20.htm">before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built;</a> 37. <a href="/acts/7-37.htm">that Moses himself witnessed of Christ;</a> 44. <a href="/acts/7-44.htm">and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time;</a> 51. <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold.</a> 54. <a href="/acts/7-54.htm">Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, </a> 59. <a href="/acts/7-59.htm">who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>They dragged him out of the city In the context of ancient Jewish law, executions were to be carried out outside the city limits to avoid defiling the city with bloodshed (<a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Leviticus 24:14</a>, <a href="/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35-36</a>). This practice was also a reflection of the Old Testament law that required the removal of blasphemers from the community (<a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Leviticus 24:14</a>). Stephen, accused of blasphemy, was taken outside Jerusalem, symbolizing his rejection by the religious leaders. This act parallels the treatment of Jesus, who was crucified outside the city (<a href="/john/19-17.htm">John 19:17-20</a>), highlighting the rejection of God's messengers by the religious authorities.and began to stone him. Stoning was a common method of execution for blasphemy and other serious offenses under Jewish law (<a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm">Deuteronomy 17:7</a>). It was a communal act, with the first stones typically thrown by the witnesses of the alleged crime (<a href="/deuteronomy/17-6.htm">Deuteronomy 17:6-7</a>). This method of execution was brutal and public, serving as a deterrent to others. Stephen's stoning marks him as the first Christian martyr, echoing Jesus' own words about the persecution of prophets (<a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a>). His death fulfills Jesus' prophecy that His followers would face persecution (<a href="/john/15-20.htm">John 15:20</a>).Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments The act of laying down garments indicates preparation for the physical exertion of stoning, as removing outer garments would allow for greater freedom of movement. This detail underscores the premeditated and deliberate nature of the execution. The witnesses, by laying down their garments, were also symbolically transferring responsibility for the act, as they were the ones who testified against Stephen, in accordance with the law that required witnesses to initiate the execution (<a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm">Deuteronomy 17:7</a>).at the feet of a young man named Saul. This introduction of Saul is significant, as he later becomes the Apostle Paul, a pivotal figure in the spread of Christianity. At this point, Saul is a zealous Pharisee, consenting to Stephen's death and actively persecuting the early church (<a href="/acts/8.htm">Acts 8:1</a>, <a href="/philippians/3-5.htm">Philippians 3:5-6</a>). His presence at Stephen's stoning foreshadows his dramatic conversion and future role in the church (<a href="/acts/9.htm">Acts 9:1-19</a>). Saul's transformation from persecutor to apostle exemplifies the power of God's grace and the fulfillment of His purposes, as seen in the life of Paul, who later reflects on his past with remorse (<a href="/1_timothy/1-13.htm">1 Timothy 1:13-16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/stephen.htm">Stephen</a> A deacon in the early church, full of faith and the Holy Spirit, who was performing great wonders and signs among the people. He was the first Christian martyr. 2. <a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a> A young man who later becomes the Apostle Paul. At this point, he is a zealous Pharisee who approves of Stephen's execution. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_witnesses.htm">The Witnesses</a> Those who falsely accused Stephen of blasphemy and participated in his stoning. According to Jewish law, witnesses were required to cast the first stones. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_city.htm">The City</a> Refers to Jerusalem, the center of Jewish religious life and the location of the early church's beginnings. 5. <a href="/topical/s/stoning.htm">Stoning</a> A method of execution prescribed in the Law of Moses for certain offenses, including blasphemy. It was a communal act, symbolizing the community's rejection of the accused.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a> Stephen's martyrdom reminds us that following Christ may lead to persecution and suffering. Believers are called to stand firm in their faith, even in the face of opposition. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_witnesses.htm">The Role of Witnesses</a> The involvement of witnesses in Stephen's stoning highlights the importance of integrity and truthfulness in our testimonies. As Christians, we must ensure our words and actions align with God's truth. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_persecution.htm">God's Sovereignty in Persecution</a> Despite the tragedy of Stephen's death, God used it to advance His kingdom. Persecution led to the spread of the Gospel beyond Jerusalem, showing that God can bring good out of evil. <a href="/topical/t/transformation_through_christ.htm">Transformation through Christ</a> Saul's presence at Stephen's stoning and his later conversion demonstrate the power of God's grace to transform even the hardest hearts. No one is beyond the reach of God's redemption. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a> The communal act of stoning reflects the collective responsibility of the community. In the church, we are called to hold one another accountable in love and truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 7</a> <a href="/q/what_was_paul's_age_at_death.htm">What was Paul's age at death?</a> <a href="/q/did_god_rename_saul_as_paul.htm">Did God rename Saul as Paul?</a> <a href="/q/which_ancient_tales_describe_a_flood.htm">What is the birth year of Apostle Paul?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_stance_on_stoning.htm">What is the Bible's stance on stoning?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(58) And stoned him.--Literally, were stoning him. The verb is repeated in <a href="/acts/7-59.htm" title="And they stoned Stephen, calling on God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.">Acts 7:59</a>, 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 (<a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm" title="The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.">Deuteronomy 17:7</a>). Our Lord, it will be remembered, had applied the rule in the case of the woman taken in adultery (<a href="/john/8-7.htm" title="So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.">John 8:7</a>). 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 (<a href="/philemon/1-9.htm" title="Yet for love's sake I rather beseech you, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.">Philemon 1:9</a>), 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 (<a href="/philippians/3-5.htm" title="Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;">Philippians 3:5</a>), 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 (<a href="/acts/22-28.htm" title="And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.">Acts 22:28</a>). 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 <a href="/acts/23-16.htm" title="And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.">Acts 23:16</a>. 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 <a href="/acts/17-28.htm" title="For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.">Acts 17:28</a>), Menander (see <a href="/1_corinthians/15-33.htm" title="Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.">1Corinthians 15:33</a>), Epimenides (see <a href="/titus/1-12.htm" title="One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.">Titus 1:12</a>), and the Festival Hymn quoted by him at Lystra (see Note on <a href="/acts/14-17.htm" title="Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.">Acts 14:17</a>). At twelve he would become a child of the Law (see Note on <a href="/luke/2-42.htm" title="And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.">Luke 2:42</a>); 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" (<a href="/acts/18-3.htm" title="And because he was of the same craft, he stayed with them, and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.">Acts 18:3</a>)--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 <a href="/acts/4-36.htm" title="And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,">Acts 4:36</a>), and possibly also with St. Luke (see Note on <a href="/acts/13-1.htm" title="Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.">Acts 13:1</a>; <a href="/acts/16-10.htm" title="And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel to them.">Acts 16:10</a>, 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 (<a href="/context/acts/5-35.htm" title="And said to them, You men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do as touching these men.">Acts 5:35-39</a>); Barnabas, his early friend, had joined the new society (<a href="/acts/4-36.htm" title="And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,">Acts 4:36</a>); Andronicus and Junias, his kinsmen, had followed the example (<a href="/romans/16-7.htm" title="Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.">Romans 16:7</a>). 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. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>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 <a href="/luke/4-29.htm">Luke 4:29</a>. The witness. According to <a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm">Deuteronomy 17:7</a>, "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 <a href="/acts/20-9.htm">Acts 20:9</a>; <a href="/acts/23-17.htm">Acts 23:17, 18, 22</a>; 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? <a href="/commentaries/acts/7-58.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>They dragged [him] ἐκβαλόντες (ekbalontes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject. out of ἔξω (exō) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1854.htm">Strong's 1854: </a> Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_4172.htm">Strong's 4172: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_3036.htm">Strong's 3036: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_3144.htm">Strong's 3144: </a> A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a 'martyr'. laid ἀπέθεντο (apethento) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_659.htm">Strong's 659: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2440.htm">Strong's 2440: </a> A long flowing outer garment, tunic. Neuter of a presumed derivative of ennumi; a dress. at παρὰ (para) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_4228.htm">Strong's 4228: </a> The foot. A primary word; a 'foot'. of a young man νεανίου (neaniou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3494.htm">Strong's 3494: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2564.htm">Strong's 2564: </a> (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'. Saul. Σαύλου (Saulou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4569.htm">Strong's 4569: </a> Saul, the apostle. 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