Acts 7:59
And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
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- Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.
- Ps 31:5 : 5 Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.
- Luke 23:46 : 46 And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.
- Acts 9:21 : 21 And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.
- Acts 22:16 : 16 And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.
- Rom 10:12-14 : 12 And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name: 13 Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation. 14 But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?
- 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
- Acts 2:21 : 21 And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.
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60And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.
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54Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.
55But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.
56And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.
57But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,
58Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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1And Saul gave approval to his death. Now at that time a violent attack was started against the church in Jerusalem; and all but the Apostles went away into all parts of Judaea and Samaria.
2And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.
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18And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.
19And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:
20And when Stephen your witness was put to death, I was there, giving approval, and looking after the clothing of those who put him to death.
21And he said to me, Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.
22And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.
23And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air,
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7And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
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4And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
5And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:
6But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.
7And the men who were with him were not able to say anything; hearing the voice, but seeing no one.
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46And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.
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5And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,
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8And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
9But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.
10But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
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19But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
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14And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.
15And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.
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31Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.
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17Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.
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15Who, when they came there, made prayer for them, that the Holy Spirit might be given to them:
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37And Jesus gave a loud cry, and gave up his spirit.
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6These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.
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41And he went a little distance away from them and, falling on his knees in prayer, he said,
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9And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.
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1But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
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29Preaching in the name of the Lord without fear; and he had discussions with the Greek Jews; but they were working for his death.
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21But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
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12And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,
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24And Simon, answering, said, Make prayer for me to the Lord, so that these things which you have said may not come on me.
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14And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.
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50And Jesus gave another loud cry, and gave up his spirit.
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59So they took up stones to send at him: but Jesus got secretly out of their way and went out of the Temple.
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6And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.
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24And hearing it, they all, with one mind, made prayer to God and said, O Lord, maker of heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them:
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39And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.
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14But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.
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11And the Lord said to him, Get up, and go to the street which is named Straight, and make search at the house of Judas for one named Saul of Tarsus: for he is at prayer;
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29And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,
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37Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?