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Acts 22:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
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Role in This Section
Confesses standing by, consenting, and guarding clothes during Stephen's death.
Read It With
- Acts 22:17–22:21
Acts 22:20 confesses standing by, consenting, and guarding clothes during Stephen's death; within Acts 22:17–22:21, the controlling movement is that Paul says that while praying in the Jerusalem temple he fell into a trance, was warned that his testimony would be rejected, protested from his violent past, and was sent far to Gentiles.
Why It Needs Context
Confesses standing by, consenting, and guarding clothes during Stephen's death. Its responsible force depends on the full sequence, speaker, narrator framing, and outcome of Acts 22:17–22:21; it is connective evidence rather than a complete standalone teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read Acts 22:17–22:21 — A temple vision sends Paul far to GentilesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 22:17–22:21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 22:17-22:21
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