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Acts 7:57-59
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57 But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears,[a] and rushed upon him together. 58 They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.(A) 59 As they were stoning Stephen,(B) he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:57 Covered their ears: Stephen’s declaration, like that of Jesus, is a scandal to the court, which regards it as blasphemy.
  2. 7:59 Compare Lk 23:34, 46.
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