Acts 8:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. ”

• Acts 8:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And devout men - Religious men. The word used here does not imply of necessity that they were Christians. There might have been Jews who did not approve of the popular tumult, and the murder of S...

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• Acts 8:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (2) And devout men (a) carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him. (2) The godly mourn for Steven after his death, and bury him, showing in this an example of singular fait...

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• Acts 8:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Acts 8:1 b - Acts 8:4 . Persecution and Dispersion. There has been no great persecution of the believers as yet. A night's imprisonment and beating was all they had to suffer. Now we are told...

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• Acts 8:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  devout. Greek. eulabes. See note on Acts 2:5 . carried... to his burial. Literally carried away together Greek. sunkomizo Only here. lamentation. Greek. kopetos. Only here.

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• Acts 8:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  2. They dressed Stephen. Luke showeth, that even in the heat of persecution the godly were not discouraged, but being always zealous, they did those duties which did belong to godliness. Bur...

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• Acts 8:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And devout men carried Stephen to his burial , and made great lamentation over him. Devout men carried Stephen to his burial - The Greek word, συνεκομισαν, signifies not only to carry, or rather to...

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• Acts 8:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And devout men— Yet devout men. Some learned writers have been of opinion that these were proselytes; of which, however, there does not appear to be any proof. See on ch. Acts 2:5 . Such a token...

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• Acts 8:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. And devout men, х andres ( G435 ) eulabeis ( G2126 )] - pious Jews, impressed probably with admirat...

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• Acts 8:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Establishment and Progress of the Church at Jerusalem ( Acts 1:1 to Acts 8:3 ) The Acts of the Apostles] A more adequate title would be 'The Acts of Peter and Paul,' the Acts of Peter extend...

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• Acts 8:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And devout men carried Stephen to his burial. — It has sometimes been asserted, as e.g. by Renan ( Les Apôtres, p. 145), that these were proselytes. St. Luke, however, always uses a different wo...

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• Acts 8:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Fruits of the Scattered Seed Acts 8:1-13 Evidently Stephen was beloved outside the precincts of the Church, for it would seem that the devout men who lamented his early death and carried his po...

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• Acts 8:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...

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• Acts 8:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea an...

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• Acts 8:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And devout men carried Stephen to his burial ,.... These men were not Jewish proselytes, but members of the Christian church; who were eminent for their religion and piety, and who had courage enoug...

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• Acts 8:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And devout men carried Stephen to his burial , and made great lamentation over him. Ver. 2. Carried Stephen ] συνεκομισαν, On their shoulders, lamenting, with knocking their breasts, &c., as...

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• Acts 8:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And Saul was consenting Ην συνευδοκων τη αναιρεσει αυτου, was consenting with delight; to his death Or, more literally, was well pleased with his slaughter; for he was so full of rage and malic...

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• Acts 8:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea...

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• Acts 8:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Persecution of the Church.       1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the chu...

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• Acts 8:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  It was an argument that they were devout (religious) indeed, that they durst, amongst such a multitude of persecutors and furious zealots, own their esteem for St. Stephen. It was piacular amongst...

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• Acts 8:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Continuing Ministry of Peter (9:32-11:18). In preparing for the Gentile ministry of Paul, a preparation which has included what we have just considered concerning his conversion and ministry t...

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• Acts 8:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 8:1 . Consenting .—Compare Acts 22:20 ; Luke 11:48 ; Romans 1:32 . Luke had probably often heard this remark from Paul. At that time .—Lit., on that day —viz., of Step...

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• Acts 8:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1 . And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a...

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• Acts 8:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Acts 8:1 . At that time there was a great persecution against the church. With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiasti...

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• Acts 8:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And Saul was consenting to his death. Three great figures in the Church I. The persecuting Saul. In this part of the narrative the name of Saul occurs three times ( Acts 7:58 ; Acts 8:1 ; Act...

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• Acts 8:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Acts 8:1 There arose on that day for at that time there was, A.V. ; in for at, A.V. Saul was consenting to his death . St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode i...

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• Acts 8:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Gospel Planted in Samaria. The burial of Stephen and the hatred of Saul:

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• Acts 8:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 28:3 ; 2 Chronicles 32:33 ; 2 Chronicles 35:25 ; 2 Samuel 3:31 ; Acts 10:2 ; Acts 2:5 ; Deuteronomy 34:8 ; Genesis 23:2 ; Genesis 50:10 ; Genesis 50:11 ; Isaiah 57:1 ; Isaiah 57:...

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• Acts 8:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Great Persecution Acts 8:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We approach today the scenes that immediately followed Stephen's death. Satan, encouraged by Stephen's martyrdom, thinks to press on with fi...

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• Acts 8:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Devout men — Who feared God more than persecution. And yet were they not of little faith? Else they would not have made so great lamentation.

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