Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 7:58
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.
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.
Verse 58. _CAST HIM OUT OF THE CITY, AND STONED_ HIM] They did not however wait for any sentence to be pronounced upon him; it seems they were determined to stone him _first_, and then prove, after it...
AND CAST HIM OUT OF THE CITY - This was in accordance with the usual custom. In Leviticus 24:14, it was directed to bring forth him that had cursed without the camp; and it was not usual, the Jewish w...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Address of Stephen (Acts 7:1)._ 2. The Martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7:54). This is the largest chapter in this book and concludes the first section. Stephen is the chosen instrumen...
STEPHEN'S DEFENCE (Acts 7:1-7) When Oliver Cromwell was outlining the education he thought necessary for his son Richard, he said, "I would have him know a little history." It was to the lesson of hi...
As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and he gazed steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God...
OUT OF. without. Greek. _exo._ Compare Leviticus 24:14. The charge was blasphemy, as in the case of his Master. Compare Hebrews 13:13. STONED HIM. kept easting stones at him. Greek. _lithoboleo._ Comp...
_and cast him out of the city, and stoned him_ In accordance with the Law (Leviticus 24:14) the person to be stoned must be carried without the camp, and to the people of Jerusalem the walls of the ci...
ἜΞΩ ΤΗ͂Σ ΠΌΛΕΩΣ, _out of the city_. In accordance with the Law (Leviticus 24:14) the person to be stoned must be carried without the camp, and to the people of Jerusalem the walls of the city were as...
EFFECT OF THE SPEECH. DEATH OF STEPHEN...
_STEPHEN, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR ACTS 7:51-60:_ Stephen charged the people with: (1) being stiff necked, (2) uncircumcised in heart, (3) resisting the Holy Ghost, and (4) failing to keep the word...
ΈΚΒΑΛΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΈΚΒΆΛΛΩ (G1544) выбрасывать, ΈΛΙΘΟΒΌΛΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΛΙΘΟΒΟΛΈΩ (G3036) побивать камнями. Inch, _impf._, "они начали". О побивании камнями как наказани...
OUTSIDE THE CITY WALL. Acts 7:58-60. 58 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, 59 And they stoned Step...
See notes on verse 54...
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. AND CAST HIM OUT OF THE CITY - as the law required to be done in...
41 Idolatry is, etymologically, the offering of divine service to that which can be perceived by the senses. In this way, all objects of worship, even if they are supposed to be representations of the...
DEFENCE AND MARTYRDOM OF STEPHEN 1-53. Speech of Stephen. There is every reason to believe that this speech was really delivered by St. Stephen, and not composed by St. Luke; for, (1) the speech does...
OUT OF THE CITY] see 1 Kings 21:13; Leviticus 24:14. AND STONED _him_] 'After a man has been condemned to be stoned, they bring him good strong wine, and give him to drink, that he may not feel too gr...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 7 STEPHEN’S SPEECH, PART 1: ABRAHAM’S *FAITH IN GOD, 7:1-8 V1 The *high priest asked Stephen, ‘Is this true?’ V2 Stephen replied, ‘Listen, brot...
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 CLOT...
CHAPTER 16 THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYRDOM. Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1 THE apology of Stephen struck the keynote of Christian freedom, traced out the fair proportions of the Catholic Church, while the actual...
CHAPTER 1 THE TRAINING OF SAUL THE RABBI Acts 7:58; Acts 22:3 THE appearance of St. Paul upon the stage of Christian history marks a period of new development and of more enlarged activity. The most...
ἔξω τῆς πόλεως : according to the law, Leviticus 24:14, so in Luke 4:29, our Lord is cast out of Nazareth to be stoned. ἐλιθοβόλουν : as guilty of blasphemy. St. Stephen's closing remarks were in the...
A MARTYR'S GLORIOUS DEATH Acts 7:47-60 Words like these could not be forgiven. The growing irritation of the audience seems to have extorted those burning remonstrances, and to have hastened the fin...
The charge against Stephen was that he had spoken against the Temple and the Law. His reply consisted of a masterly review of the history of the nation from the calling of Abraham to the rejection of...
Stephen Slain For Preaching the Truth Like their fathers before them, Stephen accused the members of the council of having necks so rock hard that they could not bow before God. Though they had been c...
And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the (b) witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. (b) It was appointed by the Law that the witnesses should c...
Invoking. See with what arms St. Stephen defended himself against the fury of his enemies. He puts on charity for a breast-place, and by that came off victorious. By his love of God, he resisted the e...
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. (52) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
58._They stoned. _God had appointed this kind of punishment in the law for false prophets, as it is written in the 13th chapter of Deuteronomy; but God doth also define there who ought to be reckoned...
Stephen, [11] as far as we are told, had not known the Lord during His life on earth. Certainly he was not appointed, like the apostles, to be a witness of that life. He was simply the instrument of t...
AND CAST HIM OUT OF THE CITY,.... Of Jerusalem; for the place of stoning was without the city. The process, when regular, according to the sentence of the court, was after this manner p; "judgment be...
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. Ver. 58. _And stoned him_] As a blasphemer. Our proto-martyr i...
_Then they cried out with a loud voice_ Being provoked to such a degree that they could not contain themselves, and meaning to drown the voice of Stephen; _and stopped their ears_ As if they could not...
THE WITNESSES LAID DOWN THEIR CLOTHES; the false witnesses mentioned in chap Acts 6:13. They, according to the law, were to cast the first stones; and they laid aside their upper garments, that they m...
The high priest only asks the question, "Are these things so?" Then God provides room for Stephen to speak without interruption for some time. This stands in striking contrast to the way in which the...
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. 1. The judgment could take place in the city, but the execution...
and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of. young man named Saul. 'CAST HIM OUT OF THE CITY'-i.e. out of Jerusalem (Leviticus 24:14)....
54-60 Nothing is so comfortable to dying saints, or so encouraging to suffering saints, as to see Jesus at the right hand of God: blessed be God, by faith we may see him there. Stephen offered up two...
CAST HIM OUT OF THE CITY; that the city might not be polluted with his blasphemy. STONED HIM; this punishment was appointed for such as seduced them to the worship of false gods, DEUTERONOMY 13:6,10;...
Acts 7:58 and G2532 cast G1544 (G5631) of G1854 city G4172 stoned G3036 (G5707) And G2532 witnesses...
‘And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.' The rules for stoning were observed so scrupulously that a mature young man called Saul, who had not been a witness,...
‘But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed on him with one accord, and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him. Everything broke at once. They could no longer rest...
THE FINAL CONCLUSION (7:54-60). Learned judges do not like those who are on trial trying to convict them of being criminals, and as they were unwilling to admit that they were wrong the result was in...
Acts 7:58. AND CAST HIM OUT OF THE CITY. By the law of Moses (Leviticus 24:14-16), these executions were to take place _outside the camp._ When the people had settled in the land of Canaan, each walle...
Acts 6; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of each o...
CONTENTS: Address of Stephen before the council. Stephen martyred. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Stephen, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Pharaoh, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Aaron, Solomon, Sau...
The scope and design of St. Stephen's defence before the council will be better understood, if it be properly analyzed. The rulers construed his defence to import, that the glory of their temple shoul...
THREW HIM OUT OF THE CITY. Even though they are committing murder, they are very careful to do it outside the "holy city" (Leviticus 24:14). AND STONED HIM. The Romans crucified; the Jews stoned. THE...
_And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul._ STEPHEN AND SAUL I. Stephen. The picture of a dying saint. 1. He enjoys the Divine presence and power (Acts 7...
_Then they cried with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him._ THE FIRST GOSPEL MARTYR I. The matter for which he died. II. The Divine assistance which he experienced. III. The com...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 7:58 It is debated whether Stephen was stoned on the Sanhedrin’s order or killed by mob violence. The fact that he was appearing before the Sanhedrin (Acts 6:12) favors the former, b...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 7:54. CUT TO THE HEART.—See on Acts 7:33. The word describes a keener pang than “pricked “in Acts 2:37. GNASHED ON HIM WITH THEIR TEETH.—Lit. _snapped their teeth against him_,...
EXPOSITION ACTS 7:1 _And the high priest said _for then _said the high priest, _A.V. The high priest spoke as president of the Sanhedrim (see Acts 9:1. Acts 9:1 and...
Let's turn tonight to Acts chapter 7. In the early church when a dispute arose among the Grecians--that is, those Jews of the Grecian culture. They were actually Jews, but they had followed the Grecia...
1 Kings 21:13; Acts 22:20; Acts 6:11; Acts 6:13; Acts 8:1;...
Stoned. According to the Rabbis, the scaffold to which the criminal was to be led, with his hands bound, was to be twice the size of a man. One of the witnesses was to smite him with a stone upon the...
STEPHEN'S LAST WORDS AND MARTYRDOM Acts 7:44 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us, by way of opening word, speak a few words on two great benefactions to Israel (see Acts 7:44). 1. THE FATHERS HAD THE TABERNA...
The witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul — O Saul, couldst thou have believed, if one had told thee, that thou thyself shouldst be stoned in the same cause...