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Acts 7:58–60

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58And after they* had driven him* out of the city, they began to stone* him,* and the witnesses laid aside their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59And they kept on stoning Stephen as he* was calling out and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” 60And falling to his* knees, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” And after he* said this, he fell asleep.c

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had driven”) which is understood as temporal
  2. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began stoning”)
  4. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. *Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was calling out”) which is understood as temporal
  6. *Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  7. *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“said”) which is understood as temporal
  8. cOr “he passed away”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then 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. And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” And after saying this, he fell asleep.

NLTNew Living Translation

and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul.

As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died.

KJV 1900King James Version

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And 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.