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Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 7:57	King James	Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
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.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Stopped (συνέσχον) Lit., held together.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Stopped (συνέσχον)

Lit., held together.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
They rushed upon him - Before any sentence passed.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

They rushed upon him - Before any sentence passed.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
They - stopped their ears - As a proof that he had uttered blasphemy, because he said, He saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. This was a fearful proof against them; for if Jesus was at the right hand of God, then they had murdered an innocent person; and they must infer that God's justice must speedily avenge his death. They were determined not to suffer a man to live any longer who could say he saw the heavens opened and Jesus Christ standing at the right hand of God.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

They - stopped their ears - As a proof that he had uttered blasphemy, because he said, He saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God. This was a fearful proof against them; for if Jesus was at the right hand of God, then they had murdered an innocent person; and they must infer that God's justice must speedily avenge his death. They were determined not to suffer a man to live any longer who could say he saw the heavens opened and Jesus Christ standing at the right hand of God.

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