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.

Consenting

Bible References

Martyr

Revelation 2:13
I know your works, and where you dwell, even where the throne of Satan is: and yet you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.
Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and when I saw her, I wondered with great astonishment.

Stephen

Acts 7:58
and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
Acts 8:1
And at that time there was a great persecution against the church that was in Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Consenting

Luke 11:48
Therefore you attest and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers.
Romans 1:32
who, acknowledging the judgment of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but approve those who practice them.