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Acts 7:57

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 7:57 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
Acts 7:57 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
54Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.
57But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
58and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then they cried out with a loud voice, etc.] These were not the sanhedrim, but the common people; the Ethiopic version reads, “the Jews cried out”; which, they did, in a very clamorous way, either through rage and madness, or in a show of zeal against blasphemy; and cried out, either to God to avenge the blasphemy, or rather to the sanhedrim to pass a sentence on him, or, it may be, to excite one another to rise up at once, and kill him, as they did: and stopped their ears; with their fingers, pretending they could not bear the blasphemy that was uttered. This was their usual method; hence they say, f375 “if a man hears anything that is indecent, (or not fit to be heard,) let him put his…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Then they cried out . . . and ran upon him with one accord--To men of their mould and in their temper, Stephen's last seraphic words could but bring matters to extremities, though that only revealed the diabolical spirit which they breathed.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Then they cried out - That is, probably, “the people,” not the members of the council It is evident he was put to death in a popular tumult. They had charged him with blasphemy; and they regarded what he had now said as full proof of it. And stopped their ears - That they might hear no more blasphemy. With one accord - In a tumult; unitedly. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“They rushed upon him - Before any sentence passed. Acts 7:58”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“7:57 they put their hands over their ears: They believed that the comparison of Jesus to the divine Son of Man (7:56) was horrible blasphemy.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“they cried: Act 7:54, Act 21:27-31, Act 23:27 stopped: Psa 58:4; Pro 21:13; Zac 7:11 Acts 7:58”
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