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.
Compare the remarkably similar scene at the trial and condemnation of our Lord (Matthew 26:64). To men of their mould and in their temper, Stephen's last seraphic words could only bring matters to extremities; but this served to reveal the diabolical spirit which they breathed.