Acts 7:58 “They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the…”

Acts 7:58

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And cast him out of the citie, and stoned him: and the witnesses layd downe their clothes at a yong mans feete, named Saul.

Darby Translation

and having cast [him] out of the city, they stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called 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 —

Bible in Basic English

Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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Cross references

“cast”

1 Kings 21:13 Luke 4:29 Numbers 15:35 Hebrews 13:12 Hebrews 13:13

1 Kings 21:13 · BSB

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 · BSB

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.

Numbers 15:35 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”

Hebrews 13:12 · BSB

And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

Hebrews 13:13 · BSB

Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.

“stoned”

Leviticus 24:14–16 Acts 6:11 John 10:23–26

Leviticus 24:14–16 · BSB

“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.

Acts 6:11 · BSB

Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

John 10:23–26 · BSB

and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.

“the witnesses”

Acts 6:13 Deuteronomy 17:7 Deuteronomy 13:9 Deuteronomy 13:10

Acts 6:13 · BSB

where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

Deuteronomy 17:7 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 13:9 · BSB

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 13:10 · BSB

Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

“their”

Acts 22:20 Acts 8:1 Acts 22:4 Acts 9:1–19

Acts 22:20 · BSB

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.’

Acts 8:1 · BSB

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.

Acts 22:4 · BSB

I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

Acts 9:1–19 · BSB

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

57At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.

59While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

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