Acts 7:59 (WEB)
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Fathers and councils · 16
Jerome
“A single man, Moses, oft wins pardon from God for six hundred thousand armed men; andStephen, the follower of his Lord and the first Christian martyr, entreats pardon for his persecutors; and when once they have entered on their life with Christ, shall they have less power than before?” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59, 60.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Thus, too, he followed the example of Stephanus, his fellow slave, who, after the stones had stormed upon him, cried aloud, “Lord lay not this sin to their charge.”” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59
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Augustine of Hippo
“For when Saul was a stoner of Stephen, how many were the Christians of whom he was persecutor!” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
Read the whole comment“Hence the holy deacons, of whom Stephen was crowned with martyrdom before the Apostles.” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
Read the whole comment“Men were stoning Stephen, and he knelt down and said, “Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.”” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
Read the whole comment“…of the Holy Spirit, entered into the fellowship of holy brotherhood; and blessed Stephen in the Acts of the Apostles prays for them who are stoning him; because they had not yet believed Christ, and were not fighting against that grace of communion.” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
Read the whole comment“And as he was being overwhelmed and bruised to death by the hands of his furious persecutors on every side, and the blows of the stones, he first said, “Lord Jesus Christ, receive my spirit.”” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
Read the whole comment“…would have them consumed at once,—but when the stones thrown from their hands reached him, with fixed knee he saith, “Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.”” — editor's note: Acts vii. 51–59.
Read the whole comment“He was asked by the disciples, on the eve of His ascension into heaven, when He would be manifested, and when the kingdom of Israel would come; and even when already in heaven, He was petitioned [asked] by St. Stephen to receive his spirit.” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
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John Chrysostom
“For both Stephen saith, “Receive my spirit;”and Paul, “To depart and to be with Christ is far better;”and of the patriarch too the Scripture saith, that “he was gathered unto his fathers, being cherished in a good old age.”” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
Read the whole comment“For since what had been said moved the hearers to fear, what they did about Stephen,stopping their ears, this high priest doth here also.” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
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Tertullian
“With this strength of patience, Esaias is cut asunder, and ceases not to speak concerning the Lord; Stephen is stoned, and prays for pardon to his foes.” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59, 60.
Read the whole comment“So also Stephen had already put on the appearance of an angel, although they were none other than his human knees which bent beneath the stoning.” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59, 60.
Read the whole comment“That Peter is struck, that Stephen is overwhelmed by stones, that James is slain as is a victim at the altar, that Paul is beheaded has been written in their own blood.” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For not even when in peril did Stephen hate his assailants, but was stoned while praying for those who were stoning him as a disciple of Christ, on Whose behalf he was allowed to suffer, and so, in his long-suffering, bearing for God a nobler fruit than his death: my father, in…” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
Read the whole comment““Lord, lay not this sin to their charge,” even then I said, for I remembered in season the words of Stephen, and so I pray now.” — editor's note: Acts vii. 59.
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Cross-references · 27
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 15.
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Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
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Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History V.4.
Cited together in Ecclesiastical History V.4.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 14.
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 14.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in Orations Oration 15.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 15.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 15.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.