Acts 7 · Verse 57

Acts 7:57

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Acts 7:57, King James Version

Acts 7:57 in other translations

BSBAt this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
WEBBut they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
ASVBut they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
YLTAnd they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,
DARBYAnd they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
BBEBut with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,
WebsterThen they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

What does Acts 7:57 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 7:57-58
57-58. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 57. 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.

(+) "accord" "consent"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 57 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, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 7:54-60

Nothing is so comfortable to dying saints, or so encouraging to suffering saints, as to see Jesus at the right hand of God: blessed be God, by faith we may see him there. Stephen offered up two short prayers in his dying moments. Our Lord Jesus is God, to whom we are to seek, and in whom we are to trust and comfort ourselves, living and dying. And if this has been our care while we live, it will be our comfort when…

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Acts 7:57 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

κράξαντεςkraxantesHaving cried outG2896
δὲdethenG1161
φωνῇphōnēain a voiceG5456
μεγάλῃmegalēloudG3173
συνέσχονsuneschonthey heldG4912
τὰtatheG3588
ὦταōtaearsG3775
αὐτῶνautōnof themG846
καὶkaiandG2532
ὥρμησανhōrmēsanrushedG3729
ὁμοθυμαδὸνhomothumadonwith one accordG3661
ἐπ᾽ep᾽uponG1909
αὐτόν·autonhim;G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 7:57

  • Zechariah 7:11

    But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

  • Psalms 58:4

    Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

  • Acts 23:27

    This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

  • Acts 7:54

    When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

  • Proverbs 21:13

    Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Acts 21:27-31

    And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they cried.
54; 21:27-31; 23:27
stopped.
Ps 58:4; Pr 21:13; Zec 7:11

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Context

  • Acts 7:56

    And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

  • Acts 7:57

    Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

  • Acts 7:58

    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.

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Acts 7:57 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces dando grandes voces, se taparon sus oídos, y arremetieron unánimes contra él;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et criant à haute voix, ils bouchèrent leurs oreilles, et d’un commun accord se précipitèrent sur lui;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie schrieen aber mit lauter Stimme, hielten ihre Ohren zu und stürzten einmütig auf ihn los.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ejicientes eum extra civitatem, lapidabant: et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedes adolescentis qui vocabatur Saulus.