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Acts 7:57

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one impulse.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, crying out with a loud voice, they held their ears, and rushed with one accord upon him;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And they, crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears and with one accord ran violently upon him.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce, and stopped their eares, and ranne vpon him violently all at once,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their eares, and ran vpon him with one accord,
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Then they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and with one accord shouted threats against Stephen.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— And they cried with a high voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him, all of them,
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and all rushed upon him.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Then 1161
{1161} Prime
δέ
de
{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
they cried out 2896
{2896} Prime
κράζω
krazo
{krad'-zo}
A primary verb; properly to 'croak' (as a raven) or scream, that is, (generally) to call aloud (shriek, exclaim, intreat).
z5660
<5660> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 714
with a loud 3173
{3173} Prime
μέγας
megas
{meg'-as}
Including the prolonged forms, feminine μεγάλη [[megale]], plural μέγάλοι [[megaloi]], etc.; compare also G3176, G3187], big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application).
voice, y5456
[5456] Standard
φωνή
phone
{fo-nay'}
Probably akin to G5316 through the idea of disclosure; a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication an address (for any purpose), saying or language.
x5466
(5466) Complement
Χαλδαῖος
Chaldaios
{khal-dah'-yos}
Probably of Hebrew origin [H3778]; a Chaldaean (that is, Kasdi), or native of the region of the lower Euphrates.
and stopped 4912
{4912} Prime
συνέχω
sunecho
{soon-ekh'-o}
From G4862 and G2192; to hold together, that is, to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy.
z5627
<5627> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 2138 plus 1 in a variant reading in a footnote
their y846
[0846] Standard
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
x848
(0848) Complement
αὑτοῦ
hautou
{how-too'}
Contraction for G1438; self (in some oblique case or reflexive relation).
ears, 3775
{3775} Prime
οὖς
ous
{ooce}
Apparently a primary word; the ear (physically or mentally).
and 2532
{2532} Prime
καί
kai
{kahee}
Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
ran 3729
{3729} Prime
ὁρμάω
hormao
{hor-mah'-o}
From G3730; to start, spur or urge on, that is, (reflexively) to dash or plunge.
z5656
<5656> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 2319
upon 1909
{1909} Prime
ἐπί
epi
{ep-ee'}
A primary preposition properly meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution [with the genitive case], that is, over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
him 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
with one accord, 3661
{3661} Prime
ὁμοθυμαδόν
homothumadon
{hom-oth-oo-mad-on'}
Adverb from a compound of the base of G3674 and G2372; unanimously.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Acts 7:57-58

_ _ Then they cried out ... and ran upon him with one accord — To men of their mould and in their temper, Stephen’s last seraphic words could but bring matters to extremities, though that only revealed the diabolical spirit which they breathed.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Acts 7:54-60.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 7:57

They rushed upon him — Before any sentence passed.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Acts 7:57

(10) Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and (a) ran upon him with one accord,

(10) The zeal of hypocrites and superstitious people eventually breaks out into a most open madness.

(a) This was done in a rage and fury, for at that time the Jews could put no man to death by law, as they confessed before Pilate saying that it was no lawful for them to put any man to death, and therefore it is reported by Josephus that Ananus, a Sadducee, slew James the brother of the Lord, and for so doing was accused before Albinus, the president of the country; lib. 20.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
they cried:

Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
Acts 21:27-31 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, ... And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
Acts 23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

stopped:

Psalms 58:4 Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
Proverbs 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Zechariah 7:11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ps 58:4. Pv 21:13. Zc 7:11. Ac 7:54; 21:27; 23:27.

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