Acts 22:20
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And they gave him audience unto this word..... The Ethiopic version reads, "and I heard him so speaking unto me"; as if…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed - See Act 7:58; Act 8:1. I also was standing by - Act 7:58. And consenting unto…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
When the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed - See on Act 7:58 (note); Act 8:1 (note). All these things Paul alleged as…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 22:3-21
Paul here gives such an account of himself as might serve not only to satisfy the chief captain that he was not that…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
thy martyr Stephen Better, "Stephen, thy witness." The Greek word had not yet come to be applied as it afterwards was to…
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