Acts 7:59
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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- Ps 31:5 : 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
- Luke 23:46 : 46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
- Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
- Acts 9:21 : 21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
- Acts 22:16 : 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
- Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
- 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
- Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
- Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
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57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one cord,
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21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
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