Verse 2

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.