Acts 8:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Devout men buried Stephen as they mourned loudly for him.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

BBE:

And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.

DBY:

And pious men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.

ERV:

And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

WEY:

A party of devout men, however, buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him.

WBS:

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

WEB:

Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.

YLT:

and devout men carried away Stephen, and made great lamentation over him;

Acts 8:2 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 8:1 Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Acts 8:3 But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:2 {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 and charity: but no man prays to him.
(a) Amongst all the duties of charity which the godly perform, there is no mention made of enshrining relics.

PNT:

8:2 Devout men carried Stephen [to his burial]. Not disciples, but pious Jews, deeply impressed by the gospel, but not yet brought to its acceptance. They were devout like Cornelius the Gentile before his conversion (Ac 10:2).
Made great lamentation over him. They made their protest against the deed by a public funeral with all the usual Jewish demonstrations of mourning.

WES:

8:2 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.

MHC:

8:1-4 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 preciousness of Christ in every place. Where a simple desire of doing good influences the heart, it will be found impossible to shut a man out from all opportunities of usefulness.

CONC:

Body Burial Buried Carried Deeply Devout God-fearing Greatly However Lamentation Lamented Loud Making Mourned Party Pious Resting-place Stephen Stephen's Weeping

Ace Body Burial Buried Carried Deeply Devout God-Fearing Godly Great Greatly However Lamented Last Making Mourned Party Resting-Place Stephen

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