Acts 7:57 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, ”

Acts 7:57 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then they cried out - That is, probably, “the people,” not the members of the council It is evident he was put to death in a popular tumult. They had charged him with blasphemy; and they regarded...
Acts 7:57 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and (a) ran upon him with one accord, (10) The zeal of hypocrites and superstitious people eventually breaks out into a most open...
Acts 7:57 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

loud . great, i.e. the shout of the crowd in indignation. stopped . held tight. Greek. sunecho. See Luke 4:38 . ran . rushed. with one accord. Greek. homothumadon. See note on Acts 1:14...
Acts 7:57 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

57. Crying with a loud voice. This was either a vain show of zeal, as hypocrites are almost always pricked forward with ambition to break out into immoderate heat; as Caiaphas when he heard...
Acts 7:57 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, They - stopped their ears - As a proof that he had uttered blasphemy, because he said, He saw Jesus st...
Acts 7:57 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then they cried out, &c.— "This declaration and reference provoked them to such a degree, that crying out with a loud voice that they might drown that of Stephen, they stopped their own ears, a...
Acts 7:57 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord....
Acts 7:57 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Defence and Martyrdom of Stephen 1-53. Speech of Stephen. There is every reason to believe that this speech was really delivered by St. Stephen, and not composed by St. Luke; for, (1) the speech d...
Acts 7:57 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ran upon him with one accord. — The violence reported presents a singular contrast to the general observance of the forms of a fair trial in our Lord’s condemnation. Then, however, we must remember...
Acts 7:57 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Martyr's Glorious Death Acts 7:47-60 Words like these could not be forgiven. The growing irritation of the audience seems to have extorted those burning remonstrances, and to have hastened th...
Acts 7:57 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The charge against Stephen was that he had spoken against the Temple and the Law. His reply consisted of a masterly review of the history of the nation from the calling of Abraham to the rejection of...
Acts 7:57 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. (52) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain...
Acts 7:57 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then they cried out with a loud voice ,.... These were not the sanhedrim, but the common people; the Ethiopic version reads, "the Jews cried out"; which, they did, in a very clamorous way, either th...
Acts 7:57 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, Ver. 57. Ran upon him ] Being acted and agitated by the devil, who had now wholly possessed them;...
Acts 7:57 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then they cried out with a loud voice Being provoked to such a degree that they could not contain themselves, and meaning to drown the voice of Stephen; and stopped their ears As if they could no...
Acts 7:57 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The high priest only asks the question, "Are these things so?" Then God provides room for Stephen to speak without interruption for some time. This stands in striking contrast to the way in which the...
Acts 7:57 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Stephen's Martyrdom; Stephen's Dying Prayer. 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him w...
Acts 7:57 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They cried out; the rabble, or multitude. Stopped their ears; that they might show their great detestation of what was said, and might not contract any guilt from it. And ran upon him with one a...
Acts 7:57 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Final Conclusion (7:54-60). Learned judges do not like those who are on trial trying to convict them of being criminals, and as they were unwilling to admit that they were wrong the result was...
Acts 7:57 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 7:54 . Cut to the heart. —See on Acts 7:33 . The word describes a keener pang than “pricked “in Acts 2:37 . Gnashed on him with their teeth .—Lit. snapped their teeth a...
Acts 7:57 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 6 ; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of...
Acts 7:57 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The scope and design of St. Stephen's defence before the council will be better understood, if it be properly analyzed. The rulers construed his defence to import, that the glory of their temple shou...
Acts 7:57 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then they cried with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him. The first gospel martyr I. The matter for which he died. II. The Divine assistance which he experienced. III....
Acts 7:57 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 7:1 And the high priest said for then said the high priest, A.V. The high priest spoke as president of the Sanhedrim (see Acts 9:1-44 . Acts 9:1 and Matthew 26:62 )....
Acts 7:57 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Acts 7:57 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 21:27-31 ; Acts 23:27 ; Acts 7:54 ; Proverbs 21:13 ; Psalms 58:4 ; Zechariah 7:11
Acts 7:57 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Stephen's Last Words and Martyrdom Acts 7:44-60 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us, by way of opening word, speak a few words on two great benefactions to Israel (see Acts 7:44-50 ). 1. The fathers...
Acts 7:57 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They rushed upon him — Before any sentence passed.

Acts 7:57 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 7:57 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 7:57 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 7:57 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:57 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 7:57 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 7:57 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 7:57 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:57 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 7:57 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 7:57 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 7:57 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 7:57 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 7:57 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 7:57 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 7:57 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:57 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 7:57 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 7:57 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7:57 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 7:57 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 7:57 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 7:57 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 7:57 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 7:57 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 7:57 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:57 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 7:57 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes