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Bible in Basic English

And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.

New American Standard Bible

They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

King James Version

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Holman Bible

They were stoning Stephen as he called out: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

International Standard Version

As they continued to stone Stephen, he kept praying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

A Conservative Version

And they stoned Stephen, who was calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

American Standard Version

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord , and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Amplified

They continued stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, “Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit!”

An Understandable Version

So, they stoned Stephen [to death] as he called out to the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit [as I die]."

Anderson New Testament

And they stoned Stephen while he was calling on the Lord, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Common New Testament

And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

Daniel Mace New Testament

Thus they stoned Stephen, while he was calling upon God, and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

Darby Translation

And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Godbey New Testament

and continued to stone Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Goodspeed New Testament

As they stoned Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

John Wesley New Testament

And they stoned Stephen, invoking and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Julia Smith Translation

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

King James 2000

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And they kept on stoning Stephen [as he] was calling out and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

Modern King James verseion

And they stoned Stephen, who was calling on God and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And they stoned Stephen, calling on and saying, "Lord Jesus receive my spirit."

Moffatt New Testament

So they stoned Stephen, who called on the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

Montgomery New Testament

So they stoned Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

NET Bible

They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

New Heart English Bible

They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

Noyes New Testament

and they stoned Stephen, making supplication, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Sawyer New Testament

and they stoned Stephen, calling and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

The Emphasized Bible

And they stoned Stephen, as he was invoking and saying - Lord Jesus! give welcome unto my spirit.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And they stoned Stephen, in the act of prayer, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!

Twentieth Century New Testament

And they stoned Stephen, while he cried to the Lord: "Lord Jesus! receive my spirit!"

Webster

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Weymouth New Testament

So they stoned Stephen, while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

Williams New Testament

They continued stoning Stephen as he continued praying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

World English Bible

They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

Worrell New Testament

And they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

Worsley New Testament

And they stoned Stephen calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Youngs Literal Translation

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

λιθοβολέω 
Lithoboleo 
Usage: 5

Στέφανος 
Stephanos 
Usage: 7

ἐπικαλέομαι 
Epikaleomai 
Usage: 32

God, and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

δέχομαι 
Dechomai 
Usage: 30

my
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Images Acts 7:59

Prayers for Acts 7:59

Context Readings

Stephen's Martyrdom

58 Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit. 60 And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.


Cross References

Psalm 31:5

Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

Luke 23:46

And Jesus gave a loud cry and said, Father, into your hands I give my spirit: and when he had said this, he gave up his spirit.

Acts 9:14

And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.

Acts 9:21

And all those hearing him were full of wonder and said, Is not this the man who in Jerusalem was attacking all the worshippers of this name? and he had come here so that he might take them as prisoners before the chief priests.

Acts 22:16

And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.

Romans 10:12-14

And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Joel 2:32

And it will be that whoever makes his prayer to the name of the Lord will be kept safe: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem some will be kept safe, as the Lord has said, and will be among the small band marked out by the Lord.

Acts 2:21

And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.

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