Acts 22:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And while the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing by, approving and keeping the coats of those who killed him.’

Cross References

Luke 11:48

So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Acts 26:10

And that is what I did in Jerusalem; with authority received from the chief priests, I not only locked up many of the saints in prison, but I also cast my vote against them when they were being condemned to death.

Acts 6:5

What they said pleased the whole community, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.

Acts 7:58

Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 8:1

And Saul approved of their killing him. That day a severe persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria.

Romans 1:32

They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly amazed.

Revelation 2:13

“I know where you are living, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.