They stoned (ελιθοβολουν). Same verb and tense repeated, they kept on stoning, they kept it up as he was calling upon the Lord Jes…

Calling upon God. The word God is not in the original and should not have been in the translation. It is in none of the ancient m…

Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.—The words are memorable as an instance of direct prayer addressed—to use the words of Plin…

As Stephen was being stoned, he cried out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit,” and, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” The cries are reminisce…

And the witnesses. Luke signifies that even in that tumult they observed some show of judgment. This was not commanded in vain, that the witnesses …

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God
As he was praying, and putting up the following petition;

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Nothing is as comforting to dying saints, or as encouraging to suffering saints, as seeing Jesus at the right hand of God. Blessed be God, by faith…