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Acts 7:58

They 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.

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ASV

and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

KJV

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐκβαλόντεςekbalonteshaving cast [him]G1544 →
ἔξωexōout ofG1854 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
πόλεωςpoleōscityG4172 →
ἐλιθοβόλουν.elithobolounthey were stoning [him].G3036 →
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
μάρτυρεςmartureswitnessesG3144 →
ἀπέθεντοapethentolaid asideG659 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
ἱμάτιαhimatiagarmentsG2440 →
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846 →
παρὰparaatG3844 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
πόδαςpodasfeetG4228 →
νεανίουneaniouof a young manG3494 →
καλουμένουkaloumenounamedG2564 →
ΣαύλουSaulouSaulG4569 →

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Acts 22:20And 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.’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.Hebrews 13:12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priestActs 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.Leviticus 24:14–16“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.Deuteronomy 13:9–10Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.Luke 4:29They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.Acts 22:4I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.Deuteronomy 17:7The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.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.Numbers 15:35And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”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.John 19:17Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.Acts 8:3But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.Acts 9:1–19Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priestHebrews 13:12–13And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

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