Acts 22:20 meaning and explanation

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

Acts 22:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is speaking to a hostile crowd in Jerusalem, recounting his conversion and his earlier life as a persecutor. He recalls the stoning of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, and admits he stood by approving and guarding the killers' cloaks.

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