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Acts 8:2 (WEB)
Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.

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Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) §4
“Orth.—And when the divine Scripture says “And devout men carried Stephen to his burial and made great lamentation over him” would any one say that his soul was committed to the grave as well as his body?” — editor's note: Acts viii. 2
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Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 131
“…and her companions, “Come where the Lord lay,” let them be referred to the passage in the Acts which states that devout men “carried Stephen to his burial” and observe that it was not the soul, but the body, of the victorious Stephen, to which the customary rites were paid.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 2
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Theodoret of Cyrus, Letters Letter 145
“But if your opponents urge that the angels said “Come see the place where the Lord lay” let the foolish folk learn that the divine Scripture says also about the victorious Stephen “And devout men carried Stephen to his burial.”” — editor's note: Acts viii. 2
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Jerome, Letters Letter 39
“And when we read that, for Moses and Aaron, lamentation was made after ancient custom, this ought not to surprise us, for even in the Acts of the Apostles, in the full blaze of the gospel, we see that the brethren at Jerusalem made great lamentation for Stephen.” — editor's note: Acts viii. 2.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 109
“Why did they make great lamentation over him, that their grief might be turned into our joy?” — editor's note: Acts viii. 2.
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