KJV King James Version
And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 8:2
And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
WEB World English Bible
Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
ASV American Standard Version
And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and devout men carried away Stephen, and made great lamentation over him;
Surrounding context — Acts 8
1 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 Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2 And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him.
3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to prison.
4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
συνεκόμισανG4792 · sugkomizōto entombδὲG1161 · dethenτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoΣτέφανονG4736 · StephanosStephenἄνδρεςG435 · anērmanεὐλαβεῖςG2126 · eulabēsdevoutκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐποίησανG4160 · poieōto do/make: doκοπετὸνG2870 · kopetoslamentationμέγανG3173 · megasgreatἐπ᾽G1909 · epiupon/to/againstαὐτῷ.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Genesis 50:10-11And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which [is] beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.Acts 2:5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.Isaiah 57:1-2The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].2 Samuel 3:31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that [were] with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David [himself] followed the bier.2 Chronicles 32:33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.2 Chronicles 35:25And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they [are] written in the lamentations.Numbers 20:29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel.Jeremiah 22:10Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: [but] weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.John 11:31-35The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.Jeremiah 22:18Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!Deuteronomy 34:8And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses were ended.Acts 10:2[A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.Luke 2:25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name [was] Simeon; and the same man [was] just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.1 Samuel 28:3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.Genesis 23:2And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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