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Stephen is stoned

AD 31 traditional (Jones)

Passage
Acts 7:54-60
People
Paul, Stephen
Before
Stephen addresses the council
After
Saul persecutes the church

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Every verse

All 7 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Acts7 verses
  1. 7:54

    On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

  2. 7:55

    But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

  3. 7:56

    “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

  4. 7:57

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

  5. 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.

  6. 7:59

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

  7. 7:60

    Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.