And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
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Gill's Exposition
And they gave him audience unto this word..... The Ethiopic version reads, "and I heard him so speaking unto me"; as if it was to be understood of the apostle hearing Christ speaking to him concerning…
Barnes' Notes
The blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed - See Act 7:58; Act 8:1. I also was standing by - Act 7:58. And consenting unto his death - Act 8:1. And kept the raiment - The outer robes or garments, which…
Adam Clarke
When the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed - See on Act 7:58 (note); Act 8:1 (note). All these things Paul alleged as reasons why he could not expect to be received by the Christians; for how could…
Paul here gives such an account of himself as might serve not only to satisfy the chief captain that he was not that Egyptian he took him to be, but the Jews also that he was not that enemy to their…
Cambridge Bible
thy martyr Stephen Better, "Stephen, thy witness." The Greek word had not yet come to be applied as it afterwards was to those Christians who bore witnessto the truth by their death.
and consenting…
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