Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
So they stoned Stephen, who called on the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
New American Standard Bible
They went on stoning Stephen as he
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.
Bible in Basic English
And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take 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."
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;'
Themes
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As the object of divine worship
Committal » Committal into God's hands
Confessing Christ » Exemplified » Stephen
death » Scenes of » Death of stephen
God » Trust in » Committal into God's hands
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Sanhedrin
religious Intolerance » The jewish leaders » In persecuting stephen
Jesus Christ » Names of » Lord jesus
Martyrdom » Instances of » Stephen
Prayer » To be offered » To Christ
Privileges of saints » Committing themselves to God
Punishments » Stoning » Examples of
Punishments » Were inflicted » By the witnesses
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Stoning
Resignation » Exemplified » Stephen
Revenge » Exemplified » By the chief priests
Stephen » Gentle and forgiving spirit of
Topics
Interlinear
Epikaleomai
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 7:59
Images Acts 7:59
Prayers for Acts 7:59
Verse Info
Context Readings
Stephen's Martyrdom
58 Putting him outside the city, they proceeded to stone him (the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a youth called Saul). 59 So they stoned Stephen, who called on the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" 60 Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, let not this sin stand against them!" With these words he slept the sleep of death.
Cross References
Luke 23:46
Then with a loud cry Jesus said, "Father, I trust my spirit to thy hands," and with these words he expired.
Acts 9:14
And in this city too he has authority from the high priests to put anyone in chains who invokes thy Name!"
Acts 22:16
And now, why do you wait? Get up and be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking his name.'
1 Corinthians 1:2
to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, as well as to all who, wherever they may be, invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord no less than ours:
Acts 2:21
And everyone who invokes the name of the Lord shall be saved.