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.
Parallel translations
- WEB They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB 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.
- NLT 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.
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Quick answer
They cast Stephen out and stoned him, with witnesses laying their cloaks at the feet of Saul. Stephen is martyred, and Saul, the future apostle Paul, is first introduced.
Overview
Stephen is dragged outside the city and stoned, in keeping with the law's procedure for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:14; Deuteronomy 17:7). The mention of Saul, at whose feet the witnesses laid their garments, marks the entrance of the man God would later transform into the apostle Paul. God's grace would one day reach even this consenting persecutor.
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- Acts 22:20And 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 8:1And 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 6:13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- Lev 24:14–16Bring 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.
- Luke 4:29And 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.
- 1 Kgs 21:13And 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.
- Acts 22:4And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
- Deut 17:7The 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.
- Deut 13:9–10But 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.
- Num 15:35And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
- John 10:23–26And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
- Acts 6:11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
- Heb 13:12–13Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
- Acts 9:1–19And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
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