Acts 8:2

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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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...
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 bur...
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 be...
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. lame...
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 d...
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, συνεκ...
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...
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 ( G212...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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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 prosely...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throug...
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 s...
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 t...
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, l...
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 hi...
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 t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.' Meanwhile some very brave and devout men obtained the body of Stephen for buri...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial. The burial of Stephen I. The devout men exemplified-- 1. The constancy of Christian friendship...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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² And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Related Commentaries of Acts 8:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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