Acts 7:59–60
Stephen, being stoned, asks that this sin not be held against them
Study it word by word59And they were stoning Stephen as he was calling on the Lord and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60And falling on his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And having said this, he fell asleep.
In its context
57But crying out with a loud voice, they covered their ears and rushed with one mind at him.
58And 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.
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Its words in the original
- ἐλιθοβόλουνelithoboloun· stone
Stone someone, kill or attack by throwing stones.
- ΣτέφανονStephanon· Stephen
Stephen, one of the seven chosen to serve the tables in Jerusalem, and the first to be killed for his witness.
- ἐπικαλούμενονepikaloumenon· call on, name
Call, give a name or surname; in the middle, call upon, invoke, appeal to.
- λέγονταlegonta· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ΚύριεKyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἸησοῦIēsou· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- δέξαιdexai· receive, welcome
Receive, welcome.
- πνεῦμάpneuma· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- θεὶςtheis· put, lay
Put, place, lay down.
- γόναταgonata· knee
Knee.
- ἔκραξενekraxen· cry out
Shout, cry out.
- φωνῇphōnēi· voice, sound
Voice, sound.
- μεγάλῃmegalēi· great
Great, large.
- στήσῃςstēsēis· stand, set
Stand, stand still, stop; also set, establish.
- ἁμαρτίανhamartian· sin
Sin: missing the mark, failing God and what he commands.
- ἐκοιμήθηekoimēthē· sleep, fall asleep
Sleep; also die.