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A Courageous Protest
Commentators highlight the immense courage shown by the men who buried Stephen. To give a public, honorable burial with "great lamentation" to someone executed for blasphemy was a direct and dangerous act of defiance against the religious authorities. Their actions served as a public protest against the injustice of Stephen's murder.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 8:2
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 8:2
19th Century
Bishop
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial.—It has sometimes been asserted, for example, by Renan (Les Apôtres…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 8:2
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 8:2
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…
John Calvin
On Acts 8:2
16th Century
Theologian
They dressed Stephen. Luke shows that even in the heat of persecution the godly were not discouraged but, being always zealous, performed …
John Gill
On Acts 8:2
17th Century
Pastor
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial
These men were not Jewish proselytes, but members of the Christian chur…
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…