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Acts 22:20

And 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.

KJV

καὶ ὅτε ἐξεχύννετο τὸ αἷμα Στεφάνου τοῦ μάρτυρός σου, καὶ αὐτὸς ἤμην ἐφεστὼς καὶ συνευδοκῶν καὶ φυλάσσων τὰ ἱμάτια τῶν ἀναιρούντων αὐτόν.

Greek NT

et cum funderetur sanguis Stephani testis tui, ego astabam, et consentiebam, et custodiebam vestimenta interficientium illum.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I stood by and consented: and kept the garments of them that killed him.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Stephen

In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Στέφανος
stephanos
noun · 7×
αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μάρτυς
martus
noun · 35×
συνευδοκέω
suneudokeo
verb · 6×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
φυλάσσω
phulasso
verb · 31×
ἀναιρέω
anaireo
verb · 24×
ἐκχέω
ekcheo
verb · 27×
ἐφίστημι
ephistemi
verb · 20×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐξεχύννετο | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐξεχύννετο | RP: ἐξεχεῖτο
  • ἐξεχύννετοSBLGNT
  • ἐξεχύννετοWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐξεχεῖτοRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: τῇ ἀναιρέσει αὐτοῦ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τῇ ἀναιρέσει αὐτοῦRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:58 — And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
  • Acts 7:58 — And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
  • Acts 8:1 — And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea an
  • Acts 8:1 — And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea an
  • Rev 2:13 — I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was s
  • Rev 2:13 — I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was s
  • Rev 17:6 — And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
  • Rom 1:32 — Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
  • Rom 1:32 — Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.