When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 22:20 in context
Acts 22:17–23
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“When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance
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and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’
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I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
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When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’
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“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”
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They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”
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As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
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