And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed,.... Stephen was a martyr for Christ, both by confession with his mouth, and by the effusion of his blood; he was the proto-martyr, or "the first martyr" that suffered for Christ; and there are copies, as one of Stephens's, and the Complutensian edition, which so read in this place; his blood was shed by stoning:I also was standing by; to see the inhuman action performed; nor was he an idle and indifferent spectator:and consenting unto his death; being pleased and delighted with it, and rejoicing at it; see Ac 8:1.
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Acts 22:20
Acts 22:20
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