Acts 8:2
Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.
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1 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
6 So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him.
57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.
58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
8 Stephen is Arrested Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
9 But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen(as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.
10 Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
3 But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
4 Philip Preaches in Samaria Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word.
19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
20 And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’
5 The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.
6 They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them.
19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
10 At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
11 Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things.
39 So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,
30 He put the body into his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying,“Ah, my brother!”
12 all the warriors went and recovered the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their remains under the oak tree in Jabesh and fasted for seven days.
2 angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
29 When John’s disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
29 “Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
12 They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD’s people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.
4 I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,
1 The Conversion of Saul Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest
2 and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
19 Activity in the Church at Antioch Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews.
37 At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.
12 all their warriors set out and traveled throughout the night. They took Saul’s corpse and the corpses of his sons from the city wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.
27 A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.
10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.
31 David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him,“Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed behind the funeral pallet.
32 So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.
24 because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.
12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
37 They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
35 When he came to the steps, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob,
29 When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
37 They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,
3 So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.
33 Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.
12 Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.
12 As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother(who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her.
5 So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them,“May you be blessed by the LORD because you have shown this kindness to your lord Saul by burying him.
5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.