🌊WEB · Acts 7:59
What does Acts 7:59 mean?
"They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”"
— Acts 7:59 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
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