Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
"Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of man standing at God's right hand!"
New American Standard Bible
and he said, “Behold, I see the
King James Version
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Holman Bible
“Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
International Standard Version
He said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
A Conservative Version
And he said, Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.
American Standard Version
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.
Amplified
and he said, “Look! I see the heavens opened up [in welcome] and
An Understandable Version
He said, "Look, I see heaven opened up and the Son of man standing at the right side of God."
Anderson New Testament
and he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Bible in Basic English
And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.
Common New Testament
and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
Daniel Mace New Testament
and he said, there I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Darby Translation
and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Godbey New Testament
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
And he said, "Look! I can see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"
John Wesley New Testament
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right-hand of God.
Julia Smith Translation
And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
King James 2000
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
Modern King James verseion
And he said, Behold, I see Heaven opened and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and said, "Behold, I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the righthand of God."
Montgomery New Testament
"Look, I see heaven open," he said, "And the Son of man standing at the right hand of God."
NET Bible
"Look!" he said. "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
New Heart English Bible
and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
Noyes New Testament
and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Sawyer New Testament
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
The Emphasized Bible
And said - Lo! I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man, standing, on the right hand of God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Look," he exclaimed, "I see Heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand!"
Webster
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Weymouth New Testament
"I can see Heaven wide open," he said, "and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."
Williams New Testament
So he said, "Look! I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."
World English Bible
and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
Worrell New Testament
and he said, "Behold I see Heaven opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God!"
Worsley New Testament
and he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he said, 'Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'
Themes
Anger » Instances of » Jews, against stephen
Court » Accused spoke in his own defense
Glory of Christ » In his exaltation
Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Opened
Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » The glorified Christ entered into
Home » Heavenly » The glorified Christ entered into
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Sanhedrin
Select readings » Stephen's defense
Revenge » Exemplified » By the chief priests
Stephen » The spirit filled business man » Fulness of vision
Stephen » The spirit filled business man » A martyr for the faith
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about Acts 7:56
Devotionals containing Acts 7:56
References
Watsons
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 7:56
Prayers for Acts 7:56
Verse Info
Context Readings
Stephen's Martyrdom
55 He, full of the holy Spirit, gazed up at heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right hand. 56 "Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of man standing at God's right hand!" 57 With a loud shriek they shut their ears and rushed at him like one man.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 3:16
Now when Jesus had been baptized, the moment he rose out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon him.
Matthew 8:20
Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."
Matthew 16:27-28
For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done.
Matthew 25:31
When the Son of man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory,
Matthew 26:64-65
Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."
Mark 1:10
And the moment he rose from the water he saw the heavens cleft and the Spirit coming down upon him like a dove;
Luke 3:21
Now when all the people had been baptized and when Jesus had been baptized and was praying, heaven opened
John 1:51
He said to him, "Truly, truly I tell you all, you shall see heaven open wide and God's angels ascending and descending upon the Son of man."
John 5:22-27
Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son,
Acts 10:11
He saw heaven open and a vessel coming down, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners to the earth,
Acts 10:16
This happened three times; then the vessel was at once raised to heaven.
Revelation 4:1
After this I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard talking with me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must come to pass after this."
Revelation 11:19
Then the temple of God in heaven was thrown open, and the ark of his covenant was seen inside his temple; there were flashes of lightning, loud blasts, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a hailstorm.
Revelation 19:11
Then I saw heaven open wide ??and there was a white horse: his rider is faithful and true, yea, just are his judgments and his warfare.