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Saul's Sinful Approval
Commentators emphasize that Saul (later the Apostle Paul) didn't just passively agree to Stephen's death; he took active pleasure in it. The Greek word implies he "coolly applauded" the murder. This gruesome detail is recorded to magnify the incredible power of God's grace that would later transform this zealous persecutor into the church's greatest missionary.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 8:1
18th Century
Theologian
CHAPTER VIII
And Saul was consenting, etc. He was pleased with Stephen's death and approved it. (). This part of the verse should h…
AT Robertson
On Acts 8:1
Was consenting (ην συνευδοκων). Periphrastic imperfect of συνευδοκεω, a late double compound (συν, ευ, δοκεω) that well describes …
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 8:1
19th Century
Bishop
And Saul was consenting to his death.—The word seems carefully chosen to convey the fact that he did not himself take part in the …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 8:1
19th Century
Preacher
Saul, having tasted blood in the murder of Stephen, became more and more furious in his persecution of the Church of Christ at Jerusalem, and the b…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 8:1
(1a) Again, as in 7:58, Luke makes the point that Saul was present at Stephen’s death and approved of it. Because the verb “to give approval” (GK 5…
John Calvin
On Acts 8:1
16th Century
Theologian
At that day. The persecution began with Stephen. After that, when their madness was ignited by this, it grew intense against everyone. For…
John Gill
On Acts 8:1
17th Century
Pastor
And Saul was consenting unto his death
This clause, in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Ethiopic versions, stan…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 8:1–4
17th Century
Minister
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…