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Andκαὶthrowing himἐκβαλόντεςout ofἔξωthe city,τῆς πόλεωςthey were stoning him.ἐλιθοβόλουνAndκαὶthe witnessesοἱ μάρτυρεςlaid downἀπέθεντοtheirτὰ αὐτῶνcloaksἱμάτιαatπαρὰthe feetτοὺς πόδαςof a young manνεανίουcalledκαλουμένουSaul.Σαύλου
Acts 7:58
Study it in the app“And throwing him out of the city, they were stoning him. And the witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man called Saul.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 7:58, word by word
- throwing himἐκβαλόντεςekbalontes
drive out
To expel someone, like demons.
Where else “ekbalontes” appears- out ofἔξωexō
outside
Points to the space on the other side of a door, a wall or a group.
Where else “exō” appears- the cityπόλεωςpoleōs
city, town
City, town.
Where else “poleōs” appears- they were stoning himἐλιθοβόλουνelithoboloun
stone
Stone someone, kill or attack by throwing stones.
Where else “elithoboloun” appears- the witnessesμάρτυρεςmartyres
witness
Someone who tells what they saw or heard.
Where else “martyres” appears- laid downἀπέθεντοapethento
put off
To strip off like clothing; get rid of what is bad.
Where else “apethento” appears- cloaksἱμάτιαhimatia
cloak
The garment worn over the tunic.
Where else “himatia” appears- the feetπόδαςpodas
foot
Foot.
Where else “podas” appears- of a young manνεανίουneaniou
young man
Young man.
Where else “neaniou” appears- calledκαλουμένουkaloumenou
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “kaloumenou” appears- SaulΣαύλουSaulou
Saul
Saul, the Hebrew name of the apostle Paul, used in its Greek form.
Where else “Saulou” appears
The context
57But crying out with a loud voice, they covered their ears and rushed with one mind at him.
58 · This verse (above)
59And they were stoning Stephen as he was calling on the Lord and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
To study Acts 7 in a group
1. What it says
At the end of his speech, what does Stephen see, and what does he pray while they stone him? (vv. 55-60)
2. What it means
Stephen recounts Israel's story from Abraham. What point does he seem to be making with that survey? (vv. 2-53)
3. How I live it
Stephen asked that this sin not be held against those who harmed him (v. 60). How do you respond when someone wrongs you?