Acts 7:60 {59}
Good News Translation
He knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord! Do not remember this sin against them!" He said this and died.

New Revised Standard Version
Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he died.

Contemporary English Version
He knelt down and shouted, "Lord, don't blame them for what they have done." Then he died.

New American Bible
Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them”; and when he said this, he fell asleep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not his sin to their charge: And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not his sin to their charge: And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.

he kneeled.

Acts 9:40 And they all being put forth, Peter, kneeling down, prayed. And turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes and, seeing Peter, sat up.

Acts 20:36 And when he had said these things, kneeling down, he prayed with them all.

Acts 21:5 And the days being expired, departing we went forward, they all bringing us on our way, with their wives and children, till we were out of the city. And we kneeled down on the shore: and we prayed.

Ezra 9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my affliction, and having rent my mantle and my garment, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord my God,

Daniel 6:10 Now, when Daniel knew this, that is to say, that the law was made, he went into his house: and opening the windows in his upper chamber towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a day, and adored and gave thanks before his God, as he had been accustomed to do before.

Luke 22:41 And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast. And kneeling down, he prayed.

Lord.

Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

Luke 6:28 Bless them that curse you and pray for them that calumniate you.

Luke 23:34 And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.

Romans 12:14-21 Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not. . . .

he fell.

Acts 13:36 For David, when he had served in his generation, according to the will of God, slept: and was laid unto his fathers and saw corruption.

1 Corinthians 11:30 Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you: and many sleep.

1 Corinthians 15:6,18,20,51 Then was he seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep. . . .

1 Thessalonians 4:13,14 And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope. . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:10 Who died for us: that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.

Context
The Stoning of Stephen
59And they stoned Stephen, invoking and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not his sin to their charge: And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.
Cross References
Daniel 12:2
And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some unto life everlasting, and others unto reproach, to see it always.

Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:

Matthew 27:52
And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose,

Luke 22:41
And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast. And kneeling down, he prayed.

Luke 23:34
And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.

John 11:11
These things he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth: but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

Acts 9:40
And they all being put forth, Peter, kneeling down, prayed. And turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes and, seeing Peter, sat up.

Acts 13:36
For David, when he had served in his generation, according to the will of God, slept: and was laid unto his fathers and saw corruption.

1 Corinthians 11:30
Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you: and many sleep.

1 Corinthians 15:6
Then was he seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:18
Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

1 Thessalonians 4:13
And we will not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope.

2 Timothy 4:16
At my first answer, no man stood with me: but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge!

2 Peter 3:4
Saying: Where is his promise or his coming? For since the time that the fathers slept, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

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