Acts 8:2

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial,.... These men were not Jewish proselytes, but members of the Christian church; who were eminent for their religion and piety, and who had courage enough,…

And devout men - Religious men. The word used here does not imply of necessity that they were Christians. There might have been Jews who did not approve of the popular tumult, and the murder of…

Devout men carried Stephen to his burial - The Greek word, συνεκομισαν, signifies not only to carry, or rather to gather up, but also to do every thing necessary for the interment of the dead. Among…

In these verses we have,

I. Something more concerning Stephen and his death; how people stood affected to it - variously, as generally in such cases, according to men's different sentiments of things.…

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial On devout, see Act 2:5 note.

The verb often means "to prepare a dead body for burial," but in Thuc. vi. 72 it is found exactly as used here.

The Jews…