Devout (ευλαβεις). Only four times in the N.T. (Luke 2:25; Acts 2:5; Acts 8:2; [Reference Acts…

And devout men. Religious men. The word used here does not imply of necessity that they were Christians. There might have been Jews who di…

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial.—It has sometimes been asserted, for example, by Renan (Les Apôtres…

As well they might, for his death was a serious loss to the Church. He was one of the best workers for Christ of that day; and when he was put to d…

Luke has already used “godly men” to describe the Jews at Pentecost who were receptive to the working of God’s Spirit (2:5). He has also used the a…

They dressed Stephen. Luke shows that even in the heat of persecution the godly were not discouraged but, being always zealous, performed …

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial
These men were not Jewish proselytes, but members of the Christian chur…

Though persecution must not drive us from our work, yet it may send us to work elsewhere. Wherever the established believer is driven, he carries t…