Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 7:60 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 60. 60And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Quick Meaning
Closes with Stephen's plea for forgiveness and his death.
Read It With
- Acts 7:54–7:60
Read Acts 7:60 with 7:54–7:60. In isolation, this contribution—closes with Stephen's plea for forgiveness and his death—can be mistaken for the scene's whole claim, detached from its speaker or narrator, or separated from its outcome. The complete unit establishes: The enraged hearers see Stephen's vision claim as intolerable, drive him out, stone him, and hear him commend his spirit and ask that the sin not be charged to them as Saul watches.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Closes with Stephen's plea for forgiveness and his death. This precise contribution belongs inside “Stephen is killed while entrusting himself to Jesus” because The enraged hearers see Stephen's vision claim as intolerable, drive him out, stone him, and hear him commend his spirit and ask that the sin not be charged to them as Saul watches.
What Remains True
Acts 7:60's particular contribution—closes with Stephen's plea for forgiveness and his death—shows that faithful witness remains accountable to the verse's speaker, narrated setting, affected people, and the complete movement of Acts 7:54–7:60.
How It Can Shape Life
- Practice Acts 7:60's particular contribution—closes with Stephen's plea for forgiveness and his death—through this passage-controlled response: Reject mob violence and entrust judgment to Jesus while supporting those targeted for witness; martyrdom is not harm that leaders may seek or impose.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 7:54–7:60 — Stephen is killed while entrusting himself to JesusSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
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 7:54–7:60, 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 7:54-7:60
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 7:54-7:60
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 7:54–7:60
Open source ↗