The Stoning of Stephen
Acts 7:59
In 9 translations
- BSB
- While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
- KJV
- And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
- WEB
- They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
- ASV
- And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
- LSV
- and they were stoning Stephen, [as he was] calling and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit”;
- YLT
- and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'
- DBY
- And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
- DRC7:58
- And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
- GNV
- And they stoned Steuen, who called on God, and said, Lord Iesus, receiue my spirit.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐλιθοβόλουν τὸν Στέφανον ἐπικαλούμενον καὶ λέγοντα· Κύριε Ἰησοῦ, δέξαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου·
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐλιθοβόλουν τὸν Στέφανον, ἐπικαλούμενον καὶ λέγοντα, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ, δέξαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐλιθοβόλουν τὸν Στέφανον, ἐπικαλούμενον καὶ λέγοντα, Κύριε Ἰησοῦ, δέξαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου.
- SCR1894
- και ελιθοβολουν τον στεφανον επικαλουμενον και λεγοντα κυριε ιησου δεξαι το πνευμα μου
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 23:46Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.
- Psalms 31:5Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
- Acts 22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
- Acts 9:14And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
- Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
- Acts 2:21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
- 1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
- Romans 10:12–14For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then can they call on the…
- Acts 9:21All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 7:58 in some Bibles
- 7:59 in most Bibles