Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
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Gill's Exposition
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God,.... As he was praying, and putting up the following petition;
and saying, Lord Jesus receive my Spirit; from whence we learn, that the spirit or soul of…
Barnes' Notes
Then they cried out - That is, probably, “the people,” not the members of the council It is evident he was put to death in a popular tumult. They had charged him with blasphemy; and they regarded what…
Adam Clarke
They - stopped their ears - As a proof that he had uttered blasphemy, because he said, He saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. This was a fearful proof against them; for if Jesus was at the…
We have here the death of the first martyr of the Christian church, and there is in this story a lively instance of the outrage and fury of the persecutors (such as we may expect to meet with if we…
Cambridge Bible
Then they cried out Better, But, &c.
and stopped their ears Thus shewing that they merited the description given in Act 7:7. The verb signifies, to compress, to hold tight together. On the action thus…
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