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They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And cast him out of the city Of Jerusalem; for the place of stoning was without the city. The process, when regular, …
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…
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