Acts 7:57
in Acts 7At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
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ASV
But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
KJV
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
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This verse in Acts 7
Commentary
9 notes on this verseWhen Christ said: "You shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand" (Matt. 26:64), the Jews called this blasphemy and attacked Him. So too now: having heard the words of Stephen, they rushed at him. But then they tore their garments, while …
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
This is Stephen the first martyr of the New Testament and the first Deacon, who had for his slayer the great Paul while he was as yet zealous for the law—who alone by himself contended against the whole synagogue and made the Judge of the …
Just what they did in Christ's case, the same they do here also. For as He said, "Ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of God" (Matt. xxvi. 64), and they, calling it blasphemy, "ran upon Him;" just so was it here. There, they "rent their garments;" here, they "stopped their ears." ... And yet, if he lied, they ought to have thought him beside himself, and to have let him go.-But he wished to bring them over, "and said, Behold," etc., for, since he had spoken of Christ's death, and had said nothing of His resurrection, he would fain add this doctrine also. "Standing at the right hand of God." And in this manner He appeared to him: that, were it but so, the Jews might receive Him: for since the (idea of His) sitting (at the right hand of God) was offensive to them, for the present he brings forward only what relates to His Resurrection. This is the reason also why his face was glorified. For God, being merciful, desired to make their machinations the means of recalling them unto Himself.
And see, how many signs are wrought! "And cast him out of the city, and stoned him." Here again, "without the city," and even in death, Confession and Preaching. "And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul." Observe how particularly he relates what concerns Paul, to show thee that the Power which wrought in him was of God. But after all these things, not only did he not believe, but also aimed at Him with a thousand hands: for this is why it says, "And Saul was consenting unto his death."
They continued, who had falsely testified against the saint.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
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3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then they cried out with a loud voice,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Then they cried out - That is, probably, “the people,” not the members of the council It is evident he was put to death in a popular tumult. They had charged him with blasphemy; and they regarded what he had now said as full proof of it. And stopped their ears - That they might hear no more blasphemy. With one accord - In a tumult; unitedly.
They - stopped their ears - As a proof that he had uttered blasphemy, because he said, He saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. This was a fearful proof against them; for if Jesus was at the right hand of God, then they had murdered an innocent person; and they must infer that God’s justice must speedily avenge his death. They were determined not to suffer a man to live any longer who could say he saw the heavens opened and Jesus Christ standing at the right hand of God.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| κράξαντες | kraxantes | Having cried out | G2896 → | 55 times |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| φωνῇ | phonea | in a voice | G5456 → | 139 times |
| μεγάλῃ | megale | loud | G3173 → | 243 times |
| συνέσχον | suneschon | they held | G4912 → | 12 times |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ὦτα | ota | ears | G3775 → | 36 times |
| αὐτῶν | auton | of them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ὥρμησαν | hormesan | rushed | G3729 → | |
| ὁμοθυμαδὸν | homothumadon | with one accord | G3661 → | 11 times |
| ἐπ᾽ | ep᾽ | upon | G1909 → | 883 times |
| αὐτόν· | auton | him; | G846 → | 5565 times |
κράξαντεςHaving cried out
kraxantesG2896 →55 times
δὲthen
deG1161 →2765 times
φωνῇin a voice
phoneaG5456 →139 times
μεγάλῃloud
megaleG3173 →243 times
συνέσχονthey held
suneschonG4912 →12 times
τὰthe
taG3588 →19766 times
ὦταears
otaG3775 →36 times
αὐτῶνof them
autonG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ὥρμησανrushed
hormesanG3729 →
ὁμοθυμαδὸνwith one accord
homothumadonG3661 →11 times
ἐπ᾽upon
ep᾽G1909 →883 times
αὐτόν·him;
autonG846 →5565 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:29
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly…
- Jeremiah 8:5
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Hosea 4:16
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
- Nehemiah 9:29
Through
Acts 7:54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
it leads to
- Acts 5:33
When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
- Psalms 35:16
Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- Acts 5:33
Through
Psalms 58:4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
it leads to
- James 3:8
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
- Psalms 140:3
They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- James 3:8
Through
Acts 23:27This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,
it leads to
- Acts 22:25–29
But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”
- Acts 22:25–29
Where this verse is studied
About Acts
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 5; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 18; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.