Acts 7:58 meaning and explanation

They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 7:58, Berean Standard Bible

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Stephen has just finished his defense before the Sanhedrin, retelling Israel's history to show that the people have always resisted God's messengers. Verse 58 records the sentence carried out: he is dragged outside Jerusalem and stoned, since the law required execution outside the camp.

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