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A Lawless 'Legal' Execution
Commentators note that Stephen's stoning followed certain procedures from Jewish law, such as being taken outside the city and having the witnesses cast the first stones. However, they also point out that it was ultimately an illegal act—either a mob riot or the Sanhedrin overstepping its authority under Roman rule—demonstrating the intense fury against Stephen's message.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 7:58
18th Century
Theologian
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 tha…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 7:58
19th Century
Bishop
And stoned him.—Literally, were stoning him. The verb is repeated in Acts 7:59, as if to show that the shower of stones w…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 7:58
There is a progression in Luke’s portrayals of the trial scenes of 4: 1ff., 5:17ff., and here, with the first ending in threatenings (4:17, 21), th…
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John Calvin
On Acts 7:58
16th Century
Theologian
They stoned. God had appointed this kind of punishment in the Law for false prophets, as it is written in Deuteronomy 13; but God also def…
John Gill
On Acts 7:58
17th Century
Pastor
And cast him out of the city
Of Jerusalem; for the place of stoning was without the city. The process, when regular, …
Matthew Henry
On Acts 7:54–60
17th Century
Minister
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…