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Acts 8:2

Devout

(ευλαβεις). Only four times in the N.T. (Luke 2:25; Acts 2:5; Acts 8:2; Acts 22:12). Possibly some non-Christian Jews helped. The burial took place before the Christians were chiefly scattered.Buried

(συνεκομισαν). Aorist active indicative of συνκομιζω, old verb to bring together, to collect, to join with others in carrying, to bury (the whole funeral arrangements). Only here in the N.T.Lamentation

(κοπετον). Late word from κοπτομα, to beat the breast, in LXX, Plutarch, etc., only here in the N.T.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Acts 8:2. _DEVOUT MEN CARRIED STEPHEN_ TO HIS BURIAL] The Greek word, συνεκομισαν, signifies not only to _carry_, or rather to _gather up_, but also to do every thing necessary for the _interme...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND DEVOUT MEN - Religious men. The word used here does not imply of necessity that they were Christians. There might have been Jews who did not approve of the popular tumult, and the murder of Stephe...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PART II The Witness to Samaria. Saul's Conversion and Peter's Witness in Caesarea. Chapter s 8-12 CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The first great persecution (Acts 8:1)._ 2. The preaching of the scattered believ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ACTS 8:1_ B_ - ACTS 8:4. PERSECUTION AND DISPERSION. There has been no great persecution of the believers as yet. A night's imprisonment and beating was all they had to suffer. Now we are told that on...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    At that time a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem. They were all scattered abroad throughout the districts of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. Pious men carried Stephe...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE FIRST OF THE MARTYRS (Acts 7:54-60 ; Acts 8:1) 8:1 As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and h...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DEVOUT. Greek. _eulabes._ See note on Acts 2:5. CARRIED... TO HIS BURIAL. Literally carried away together Greek. _sunkomizo_ Only here. LAMENTATION. Greek. _kopetos._ Only here....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And devout men carried Stephen to his burial_ On _devout_, see Acts 2:5 note. The verb often means "to prepare a dead body for burial," but in Thuc. vi. 72 it is found exactly as used here. The Jew...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἘΠΟΊΗΣΑΝ with אABCD. 2. ΣΥΝΕΚΌΜΙΣΑΝ, _they carried to burial_. The verb is found in classical Greek for ‘to help in burying,’ cf. Soph. _Ajax_, 1048 τόνδε τὸν νεκρὸν … μὴ συγκομίζειν; also Thuc. VI....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Acts 8:1-4. PERSECUTION AFTER THE DEATH OF STEPHEN...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE THIRD JEWISH PERSECUTION ACTS 8:1-4:_ Saul consented to Stephen's death. He led a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem. The persecution that followed the death of Stephen caused the...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΣΥΝΕΚΌΜΙΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΓΚΟΜΊΖΩ (G4792) готовить к погребению (LC; NTNT, 117). Предложное сочетание перфектно: погребение было завершено (Barrett). ΕΠΟΊΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND DEVOUT MEN— _Yet devout men._ Some learned writers have been of opinion that these were proselytes; of which, however, there does not appear to be any proof. See on ch. Acts 2:5. Such a token of r...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE CHURCH IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA Acts 8:1, Acts 12:25 THE DISPERSION THE WORK OF PHILIP THE WORK OF PETER AND JOHN 8:1-40. A. THE DISPERSION....

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 1...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. AND DEVOUT MEN, [ andres (G435) eulabeis (G2126)] - pious Jews, impressed probably with admiration for Stephen, an...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    41 Idolatry is, etymologically, the offering of divine service to that which can be perceived by the senses. In this way, all objects of worship, even if they are supposed to be representations of the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH AT JERUSALEM (ACTS 1:1 TO ACTS 8:3) The Acts of the Apostles] A more adequate title would be 'The Acts of Peter and Paul,' the Acts of Peter extending fro...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PHILIP IN SAMARIA. SIMON MAGUS The graphic details of the ministry of Philip which follow, were doubtless obtained from Philip himself. St. Luke stayed at his house at Cæsarea, and made the acquaintan...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 SAUL *PERSECUTES THE CHRISTIANS, 8:1-4 V1 Saul approved of Stephen’s murder. That same day, the Christians in *Jerusalem suffered very much....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND DEVOUT MEN CARRIED STEPHEN TO HIS BURIAL. — It has sometimes been asserted, as _e.g._ by Renan (_Les Apôtres,_ p. 145), that these were proselytes. St. Luke, however, always uses a different word...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Spitta connects Acts 8:2 with Acts 11:19-21, and all the intermediate section, Acts 8:5 to Acts 11:19; forms part of his source (so also Sorof, Clemen, who joins his H.H.,

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    FRUITS OF THE SCATTERED SEED Acts 8:1-13 Evidently Stephen was beloved outside the precincts of the Church, for it would seem that the devout men who lamented his early death and carried his poor bod...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The popular outburst against Christianity evidenced in the martyrdom of Stephen was general. Members of the Church at Jerusalem were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. How dark the day seemed to...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    The Church Persecuted by Saul Luke told Theophilus that Saul, by holding the coats of those who stoned Stephen, had given consent to his death. Immediately following this violent act, an intense perio...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (2) And devout men (a) carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him. (2) The godly mourn for Steven after his death, and bury him, showing in this an example of singular faith...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Took care. In an ancient work, which give the history of the finding of St. Stephen's body, generally considered authentic, and printed at the end of the 7th volume of St. Augustine's works, we find t...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    Pursuant to the time-honored custom of the Jews, to mourn over the dead seven days, _“devout men buried Stephen and made great mourning over him.”_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._They dressed Stephen. _Luke showeth, that even in the heat of persecution the godly were not discouraged, but being always zealous, they did those duties which did belong to godliness. Burial seeme...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Saul was present at Stephen's death, and consenting to it. [14] This is the end of the first phase of the assembly of God its history in immediate connection with Jerusalem and the Jews, as the centre...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND DEVOUT MEN CARRIED STEPHEN TO HIS BURIAL,.... These men were not Jewish proselytes, but members of the Christian church; who were eminent for their religion and piety, and who had courage enough,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And devout men carried Stephen _to his burial_, and made great lamentation over him. Ver. 2. _Carried Stephen_] συνεκομισαν, On their shoulders, lamenting, with knocking their breasts, &c., as the wo...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And Saul was consenting_ Ην συνευδοκων τη αναιρεσει αυτου, _was consenting with delight; to his death_ Or, more literally, _was well pleased with his slaughter;_ for he was so full of rage and malice...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE GOSPEL PLANTED IN SAMARIA. The burial of Stephen and the hatred of Saul:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND DEVOUT MEN CARRIED STEPHEN TO HIS BURIAL, AND MADE GREAT LAMENTATION OVER HIM....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    As a wild beast tasting blood, the Jews were the more inflamed by the martyrdom of Stephen to greatly persecute the Church of God at Jerusalem. For this reason believers were scattered through Judea a...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    AND DEVOUT MEN CARRIED STEPHEN _TO HIS BURIAL,_ AND MADE GREAT LAMENTATION OVER HIM. 1. Stephen was buried. There was some kind of funeral service. 2. Typical burials took place ASAP because of the...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. 'DEVOUT'-2126. eulabes yoo-lab-ace'; from 2095 and 2983; taking well (carefully), i.e. circumspect (religiously, pious): -devout. -...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-4 Though persecution must not drive us from our work, yet it may send us to work elsewhere. Wherever the established believer is driven, he carries the knowledge of the gospel, and makes known the p...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    It was an argument that they were DEVOUT (religious) indeed, that they durst, amongst such a multitude of persecutors and furious zealots, own their esteem for St. Stephen. It was piacular amongst the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 8:2 And G1161 devout G2126 men G435 carried G4792 (G5656) Stephen G4736 and G2532 made G4160 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.' Meanwhile some very brave and devout men obtained the body of Stephen for burial. For ‘devout men' compare Acts 2:5. They may have...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONTINUING MINISTRY OF PETER (9:32-11:18). In preparing for the Gentile ministry of Paul, a preparation which has included what we have just considered concerning his conversion and ministry to Je...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Acts 8:2. AND DEVOUT MEN. In spite of the terror caused by the execution of Stephen, and the persecution which immediately followed, some pious Jews for this is probably what is meant by the term ‘dev...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Stephen had been stoned to death; but with his latest breath he prayed for his murderers. Then this chapter begins: Acts 8:1. _And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a gre...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Saul persecuting Christians. The first missionaries. The case of Simon, the sorcerer. Philip and the Ethiopian. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Saul, Stephen, Philip, Simon, apostles,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Acts 8:1. _At that time there was a great persecution against the church._ With regard to this very tremendous storm which suddenly burst on the infant church, Cardinal Baronius, in his Ecclesiastical...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    SOME DEVOUT MEN BURLED STEPHEN. This implies they were not Christians, but devout Jews, favorable toward the Gospel, yet not willing to obey it. MOURNING FOR HIM. They showed their protest against Ste...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Saul was consenting to his death._ THREE GREAT FIGURES IN THE CHURCH I. The persecuting Saul. In this part of the narrative the name of Saul occurs three times (Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1; Acts 8:3). H...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And devout men carried Stephen to his burial._ THE BURIAL OF STEPHEN I. The devout men exemplified-- 1. The constancy of Christian friendship. They did not need the sound of his voice and the echo...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 8:1. CONSENTING.—Compare Acts 22:20; Luke 11:48; Romans 1:32. Luke had probably often heard this remark from Paul. At that time

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ACTS 8:1 _There arose on that day _for _at that time there was, _A.V._; in _for _at, _A.V. SAUL WAS CONSENTING TO HIS DEATH. St. Paul's repeated reference to this sad episode in his life i...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    We are introduced now to one of the chief persecutors. A zealous young Jew, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, whose name is Saul. And he was standing by, consenting to the death of Stephen, holding the coa...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 28:3; 2 Chronicles 32:33; 2 Chronicles 35:25; 2 Samuel 3:31;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Devout. See on Luke 2:25. Carried to his burial [σ υ ν ε κ ο μ ι σ α ν]. Only here in New Testament. Lit., to carry together; hence, either to assist in burying or, better, to bring the dead to the c...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE GREAT PERSECUTION Acts 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We approach today the scenes that immediately followed Stephen's death. Satan, encouraged by Stephen's martyrdom, thinks to press on with fire and...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Devout men — Who feared God more than persecution. And yet were they not of little faith? Else they would not have made so great lamentation....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    Observe here, 1. Though St. Stephen was stoned to death by his bloody persecutors, yet are they not so inhuman as to deny him burial; it is. mercy to have. grave, and. decent burial is. blessing: The...

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