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 thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas was my witness, my faithful one, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with great wonder.
Stephen
Acts 7:58
and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul;
Acts 8:1
And Saul was consenting to his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all were scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Consenting
Luke 11:48
So then ye bear witness to and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and ye are building [their tombs].
Romans 1:32
who, although knowing the ordinance of God, that they who practise such things deserve death, not only do them themselves, but approve of those who do them.