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Acts 22:20

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When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’

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Acts 22:20 in other translations

and when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of them that slew him.

Acts 22:20 · American Standard Version

Acts 22:20 in context

  1. 18and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’
  2. 19I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
  3. 20When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’
  4. 21“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”
  5. 22They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”