Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Martyr
Consenting
Bible References
Martyr
Revelation 2:13 I know where you live—where Satan’s throne is! And you are holding on to My name and did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of Antipas, My faithful witness who was killed among you, where Satan lives.
Revelation 17:6
Then I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the saints and on the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
Stephen
Acts 7:58
They threw him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 8:1
Saul agreed with putting him to death.
On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.
On that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the land of Judea and Samaria.
Consenting
Luke 11:48 Therefore, you are witnesses that you approve the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their monuments.
Romans 1:32
Although they know full well God’s just sentence—that those who practice such things deserve to die—they not only do them, but even applaud others who practice them.