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 has his throne. Yet you are clinging to my name and have never renounced your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful martyred witness, who was put to death among you, right where Satan lives,
Revelation 17:6
I saw the woman drinking herself drunk with the blood of God's people and the blood of the martyred witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly astonished,
Stephen
Acts 7:58
and dragged him out of the city and continued stoning him. The witnesses, in the meantime, laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 8:1
Saul heartily approved of his being put to death. So on that day a severe persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all of them, except the apostles, were scattered over Judea and Samaria.
Consenting
Luke 11:48
So you testify to what your forefathers did and approve it, because they killed them and you build monuments for them.
Romans 1:32
Although they know full well God's sentence that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only practice them but even applaud others who do them.