Acts 7:59

Geneva Bible (1560)

And they stoned Steuen, who called on God, and said, Lord Iesus, receiue my spirit.

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  • Ps 31:5 : 5 Into thine hand I commend my spirit: for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of trueth.
  • Luke 23:46 : 46 And Iesus cryed with a loude voyce, and sayd, Father, into thine hands I commend my spirit; when hee thus had sayd, hee gaue vp the ghost.
  • Acts 9:14 : 14 Moreouer here hee hath authoritie of the hie Priestes, to binde all that call on thy Name.
  • Acts 9:21 : 21 So that all that heard him, were amased, and sayde, Is not this hee, that made hauocke of them which called on this Name in Hierusalem, and came hither for that intent, that hee should bring them bound vnto the hie Priests?
  • Acts 22:16 : 16 Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, in calling on the Name of the Lord.
  • Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no difference betweene the Iewe and the Grecian: for he that is Lorde ouer all, is rich vnto all, that call on him. 13 For whosoeuer shall call vpon the Name of the Lord, shalbe saued. 14 But how shall they call on him, in whome they haue not beleeued? and how shall they beleeue in him, of whom they haue not heard? and howe shall they heare without a preacher?
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 Vnto the Church of God, which is at Corinthus, to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus, Saintes by calling, with all that call on the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ in euery place, both their Lord, and ours:
  • Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shalbe, that whosoeuer shall call on the Name of the Lord, shalbe saued.
  • Joel 2:32 : 32 But whosoeuer shal call on the Name of the Lord, shalbe saued: for in mount Zion, and in Ierusale shalbe deliuerance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant, whom the Lord shal call.

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