Acts 8:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

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  • Gen 23:2 : 2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba, which is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
  • Gen 50:10-11 : 10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians, therefore the name of it was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
  • Num 20:29 : 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
  • Deut 34:8 : 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.
  • 1 Sam 28:3 : 3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had expelled those with familiar spirits and the wizards from the land.
  • 2 Sam 3:31 : 31 And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.
  • 2 Chr 32:33 : 33 Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the most honored of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
  • 2 Chr 35:25 : 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day and made them an ordinance in Israel. And behold, they are written in the lamentations.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. 2 He shall enter into peace; they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
  • Jer 22:10 : 10 Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
  • Jer 22:18 : 18 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
  • Luke 2:25 : 25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
  • John 11:31-35 : 31 The Jews then who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw Mary get up hastily and go out, followed her, saying, She is going to the grave to weep there. 32 Then when Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled, 34 And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept.
  • Acts 2:5 : 5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.
  • Acts 10:2 : 2 A devout man, and one who feared God with all his household, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.

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    1And 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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    6And the young men arose, wrapped him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

  • Acts 7:57-60
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    57Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord,

    58And cast him out of the city and stoned him, and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

    59And they stoned Stephen as he called on God and said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

    60And 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.

  • Acts 6:8-10
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    8Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.

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    10They were unable to withstand the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.

  • Acts 8:3-4
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    3As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering every house and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

    4Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.

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

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    5This proposal pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

    6They set them before the apostles, and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

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  • Acts 5:10-11
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    10Then she fell down immediately at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband.

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  • Acts 9:39
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    39Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

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    5And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers to mistreat and stone them,

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    30And he laid his corpse in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

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    12All the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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  • Mark 6:29
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    29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.

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    29Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you about the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

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    12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.

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    19Now those who were scattered abroad because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only.

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    37And it happened in those days that she became sick and died. After they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

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    12all the valiant men arose and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.

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    27And a great crowd of people followed Him, and of women who also mourned and lamented Him.

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    10Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

  • 2 Sam 3:31-32
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    31And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David himself followed the bier.

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    24For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a great many people were added to the Lord.

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    60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.

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    35And when he reached the stairs, so it was, that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

  • Acts 13:29
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    29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

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    37Then they all wept freely, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,

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    33When they heard that, they were furious and took counsel to kill them.

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    12And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

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    12Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and a large crowd of the city was with her.

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    5And David sent messengers to the men of Jabeshgilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of the LORD, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.

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    5Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven.