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Acts 7:59

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The Lord (in italics) for God (in italics), A.V. The A.V. is certainly not justified by the context, because the words which follow, "Lord Jesus," show to whom the invocation was made, even to him whom he saw standing at the right hand of God.

At the same time, the request, Receive my spirit, was a striking acknowledgment of the divinity of Christ. Only he who gave the spirit could receive it back again, and keep it safe unto the resurrection.

Compare "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46).

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