Acts 7:59
Strong's Lexicon
[While]
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they were stoning [him]
ἐλιθοβόλουν (elithoboloun)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3036: To stone, cast stones (at), kill by stoning. From a compound of lithos and ballo; to throw stones, i.e. Lapidate.

Stephen
Στέφανον (Stephanon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4736: The same as stephanos; Stephanus, a Christian.

appealed
ἐπικαλούμενον (epikaloumenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1941: (a) To call (name) by a supplementary (additional, alternative) name, (b) mid: To call upon, appeal to, address.

καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

λέγοντα (legonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Lord
Κύριε (Kyrie)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

Jesus,
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

receive
δέξαι (dexai)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1209: To take, receive, accept, welcome. Middle voice of a primary verb; to receive.

my
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

spirit.
πνεῦμά (pneuma)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Young's Literal Translation
and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They were stoning Stephen as he called out: “ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! ”

New American Standard Bible
They went on stoning Stephen as he called on [the Lord] and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

King James Bible
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

New Living Translation
As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."

English Standard Version
And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

New American Standard Bible
They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

King James Bible
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They were stoning Stephen as he called out: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

International Standard Version
As they continued to stone Stephen, he kept praying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

NET Bible
They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

American Standard Version
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord , and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

English Revised Version
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Young's Literal Translation
and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'
















Cross References
1 Kings 21:13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Psalm 31:5
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Acts 9:14
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

Acts 9:21
But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

Acts 22:16
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Romans 10:12
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

1 Corinthians 1:2
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 7:58
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
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