Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
He said, "Look, I see heaven opened up and the Son of man standing at the right side of God."
New American Standard Bible
and he said, “Behold, I see the
King James Version
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Holman Bible
“Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
International Standard Version
He said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
A Conservative Version
And he said, Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.
American Standard Version
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.
Amplified
and he said, “Look! I see the heavens opened up [in welcome] and
Anderson New Testament
and he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Bible in Basic English
And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.
Common New Testament
and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
Daniel Mace New Testament
and he said, there I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Darby Translation
and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Godbey New Testament
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
And he said, "Look! I can see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"
John Wesley New Testament
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right-hand of God.
Julia Smith Translation
And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
King James 2000
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
Modern King James verseion
And he said, Behold, I see Heaven opened and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and said, "Behold, I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the righthand of God."
Moffatt New Testament
"Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of man standing at God's right hand!"
Montgomery New Testament
"Look, I see heaven open," he said, "And the Son of man standing at the right hand of God."
NET Bible
"Look!" he said. "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
New Heart English Bible
and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
Noyes New Testament
and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Sawyer New Testament
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
The Emphasized Bible
And said - Lo! I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man, standing, on the right hand of God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Look," he exclaimed, "I see Heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"
Webster
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Weymouth New Testament
"I can see Heaven wide open," he said, "and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."
Williams New Testament
So he said, "Look! I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."
World English Bible
and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
Worrell New Testament
and he said, "Behold I see Heaven opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God!"
Worsley New Testament
and he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he said, 'Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'
Themes
Anger » Instances of » Jews, against stephen
Court » Accused spoke in his own defense
Glory of Christ » In his exaltation
Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Opened
Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » The glorified Christ entered into
Home » Heavenly » The glorified Christ entered into
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Sanhedrin
Select readings » Stephen's defense
Revenge » Exemplified » By the chief priests
Stephen » The spirit filled business man » Fulness of vision
Stephen » The spirit filled business man » A martyr for the faith
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about Acts 7:56
Devotionals containing Acts 7:56
References
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 7:56
Prayers for Acts 7:56
Verse Info
Context Readings
Stephen's Martyrdom
55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw God's splendor and Jesus standing at His right side. 56 He said, "Look, I see heaven opened up and the Son of man standing at the right side of God." 57 But they shouted loudly and refused to listen, and then all of them rushed at him.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 3:16
After Jesus was immersed [by John], He came up out of the water and heaven was opened up before Him and He saw the Holy Spirit from God descending, as a dove, and landing upon Him.
Matthew 8:20
Jesus replied to him, "The foxes have dens [in which to live] and the birds of the sky have nests [in which to roost]; but the Son of man does not have anywhere to lay His head."
Matthew 16:27-28
For the Son of man will return in the splendor of His Father, accompanied by His angels. Then He will reward or punish every person in proportion to what he has done [with his life].
Matthew 25:31
"But when the Son of man comes [back] in [all] His splendor, accompanied by all the angels, then He will sit on His throne of splendor.
Matthew 26:64-65
Jesus replied to him, "You have said so; nevertheless I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of man sitting at the right side of Power [i.e., God Himself], and coming on the clouds of the sky."
Mark 1:10
And immediately upon emerging from the water, He saw the sky split open and the Holy Spirit descending on Him as a dove.
Luke 3:21
Now it happened when all the people had been immersed [by John], that Jesus was also immersed [by him]. And while Jesus was praying, heaven was opened
John 1:51
Then Jesus said to him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened up and the angels of God going up [from] and coming down on the Son of man" [i.e., probably a reference to angels ministering to Jesus' needs. See Matt. 4:6, 11; Luke 22:43].
John 5:22-27
For the Father does not judge anyone, but He has given [full responsibility for] judging people to His Son,
Acts 10:11
and could see the sky open up and a huge sheet-like container being lowered to the ground by its four corners.
Acts 10:16
And after this was done three times, the huge sheet-like container was lifted back up into the sky.
Revelation 4:1
After [seeing all] these things, I looked, and there in heaven I saw [a vision of] an open door, and the voice I had first heard speaking to me like [the sound of] a trumpet [See 1:10], said, "Come up here [i.e., to heaven], and I will show you the things which must happen after these things [i.e., the things just revealed]."
Revelation 11:19
Then God's Temple in heaven was opened, and inside of it was seen the Chest containing God's Agreement [i.e., between Him and Israel]. [Immediately] there came lightning flashes, [loud] sounds, rumbling thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.
Revelation 19:11
Then I saw heaven open, and there before me was a white horse whose rider was called "Faithful and True." And He [i.e., Christ] judges and wages war in a just way.