Acts 7:58

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning `him' -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul --

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἐκβαλόντες ἔξω τῆς πόλεως, ἐλιθοβόλουν: καὶ οἱ μάρτυρες ἀπέθεντο τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας, νεανίου καλουμένου Σαύλου.

Transliteration

And having-ekbalontes outside the poleōs, they-elithoboloun: and the martyres apethento the himatia of-them beside the podas of-a-neaniou being-kaloumenou Saulou.

Grammar Details

• *ekbalontes*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having cast out
• *poleōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - city
• *elithoboloun*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - were stoning
• *martyres*: nominative, masculine, plural - witnesses
• *apethento*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd plural - laid aside/deposited
• *himatia*: accusative, neuter, plural - garments/cloaks
• *podas*: accusative, masculine, plural - feet
• *neaniou*: genitive, masculine, singular - young man
• *kaloumenou*: present passive participle, genitive, masculine, singular - being called
• *Saulou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Saul

Word Meanings

• *ekbalontes*: having cast out/expelled/driven out
• *poleōs*: city/town
• *elithoboloun*: were stoning/were throwing stones at
• *martyres*: witnesses/testifiers
• *apethento*: laid aside/put off/deposited
• *himatia*: garments/cloaks/outer garments
• *neaniou*: young man/youth

Referenced Verses

• Acts 8:1 : 1 And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;
• Acts 22:20 : 20 and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;
• Luke 4:29 : 29 and having risen, they put him forth without the city, and brought him unto the brow of the hill on which their city had been built -- to cast him down headlong,
• Lev 24:14-16 : 14 `Bring out the reviler unto the outside of the camp; and all those hearing have laid their hands on his head, and all the company have stoned him. 15 `And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God -- then he hath borne his sin; 16 and he who is execrating the name of Jehovah is certainly put to death; all the company do certainly cast stones at him; as a sojourner so a native, in his execrating the Name, is put to death.
• Deut 17:7 : 7 the hand of the witnesses is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.
• Acts 6:13 : 13 they set up also false witnesses, saying, `This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,
• Acts 22:4 : 4 `And this way I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women,
• 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;
• Num 15:35 : 35 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `The man is certainly put to death, all the company stoning him with stones, at the outside of the camp.'
• Deut 13:9-9 : 9 `But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; 10 and thou hast stoned him with stones, and he hath died, for he hath sought to drive thee away from Jehovah thy God, who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
• John 10:23-26 : 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon, 24 the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.' 25 Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me; 26 but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,
• Acts 6:11 : 11 then they suborned men, saying -- `We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'
• Acts 9:1-9 : 1 And Saul, yet breathing of threatening and slaughter to the disciples of the Lord, having gone to the chief priest, 2 did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 And in the going, he came nigh to Damascus, and suddenly there shone round about him a light from the heaven, 4 and having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, `Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?' 5 And he said, `Who art thou, Lord?' and the Lord said, `I am Jesus whom thou dost persecute; hard for thee at the pricks to kick;' 6 trembling also, and astonished, he said, `Lord, what dost thou wish me to do?' and the Lord `said' unto him, `Arise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what it behoveth thee to do.' 7 And the men who are journeying with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice but seeing no one, 8 and Saul arose from the earth, and his eyes having been opened, he beheld no one, and leading him by the hand they brought him to Damascus, 9 and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink. 10 And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the Lord said unto him in a vision, `Ananias;' and he said, `Behold me, Lord;' 11 and the Lord `saith' unto him, `Having risen, go on unto the street that is called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, `one' by name Saul of Tarsus, for, lo, he doth pray, 12 and he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and putting a hand on him, that he may see again.' 13 And Ananias answered, `Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evils he did to Thy saints in Jerusalem, 14 and here he hath authority from the chief priests, to bind all those calling on Thy name.' 15 And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel; 16 for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.' 17 And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him `his' hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me -- Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming -- that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.' 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized, 19 and having received nourishment, was strengthened, and Saul was with the disciples in Damascus certain days,
• Heb 13:12-13 : 12 Wherefore, also Jesus -- that he might sanctify through `his' own blood the people -- without the gate did suffer; 13 now, then, may we go forth unto him without the camp, his reproach bearing;