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2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Acts 8:2

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-3)

In these verses we have, I. Something more concerning Stephen and his death; how people stood affected to it—variously, as generally in such cases, according to men’s different sentiments of things. Christ had said to his disciples, when he was parting with them (John 16:20), You shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice . Accordingly here is, 1. Stephen’s death rejoiced in by one—by many...

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