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59And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Acts 7:59

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 54-60)

We have here the death of the first martyr of the Christian church, and there is in this story a lively instance of the outrage and fury of the persecutors (such as we may expect to meet with if we are called out to suffer for Christ), and of the courage and comfort of the persecuted, that are thus called out. Here is hell in its fire and darkness, and heaven in its light and brightness; and these...

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