Acts 8:2 - English Majority Text Version 2009

² And godly men buried Stephen, and they mourned deeply for him.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² [A party of] devout men with others helped to carry out and bury Stephen and made great lamentation over him.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.

Common English Bible

² Some pious men buried Stephen and deeply grieved over him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² But God-fearing men arranged for Stephen's funeral, and they made a great mourning over him.

Acts 8:2 Cross References

Mark 6:29

And when his disciples heard, they came and took away his body and placed it in a tomb.

Luke 2:25

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Acts 10:2

a devout [man], and one that feared God, together with all his household, who often gave alms to the people, and making petition to God always.

Acts 2:5

And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation of those under heaven.

Acts 8:1

Now Saul was agreeing with them in his murder. And in that day there arose a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they all were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Acts 8:3

But Saul was doing injury to the church, going in from house to house, and dragging away both men and women, and putting them in prison.