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Acts 22:20

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

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ASV

and when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of them that slew him.

KJV

And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ὅτεhotewhenG3753 →
ἐξεχύννετοexechunnetowas poured outG1632 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
αἷμαhaimabloodG129 →
ΣτεφάνουStephanouof StephenG4736 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
μάρτυρόςmarturoswitnessG3144 →
σου,souof You,G4771 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
αὐτὸςautosI myselfG846 →
ἤμηνēmēnwasG1510 →
ἐφεστὼςephestōsalready standing byG2186 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
συνευδοκῶνsuneudokōnconsentingG4909 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
φυλάσσωνphulassōnwatching overG5442 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
ἱμάτιαhimatiagarmentsG2440 →
τῶνtōnof thoseG3588 →
ἀναιρούντωνanairountōnexecutingG337 →
αὐτόν.autonhim.G846 →

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Acts 7:58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.Acts 8:1And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.Revelation 2:13I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.Luke 11:49Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’Revelation 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.Luke 11:48So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.Acts 26:10And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.Acts 14:19Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

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The Stoning of Saint Stephen — Rembrandt

On Acts 22:20

Stephen, the First Martyr — Acts 6–7

Paul says it of Stephen, standing in the temple, remembering the coats. By the time the church translated this verse it had a new word for it: martyr.

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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary — Johannes Vermeer

Walks through Acts 22

Mary and Martha: Luke 10:38–42

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Rome, MannaFest

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Conversion on the Way to Damascus — Caravaggio

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The Damascus Road — Acts 9

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The Ascension — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
The Ascension — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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