Acts 7:59

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they stoned Stephen as he called on God and said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

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  • Ps 31:5 : 5 Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
  • Luke 23:46 : 46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. And having said this, He breathed His last.
  • Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.
  • Acts 9:21 : 21 But all who heard him were amazed, and said, Isn't this he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?
  • Acts 22:16 : 16 And now why do you delay? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
  • Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on 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 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who 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 whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

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    60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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    54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

    55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

    56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.

    57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord,

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    1 And Saul approved of his death. And at that time a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

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    18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.

    19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

    20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and kept the clothes of those who killed him.

    21 And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

    22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live.

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    4 And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

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    6 And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.

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    46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit. And having said this, He breathed His last.

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    8 Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.

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