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Acts Chapter 7 verse 59 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon `the Lord', and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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BBE Acts 7:59

And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
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DARBY Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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KJV Acts 7:59

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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WBT Acts 7:59

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WEB Acts 7:59

They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit!"
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YLT Acts 7:59

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 59. - The Lord (in italics) for God (in italics), A.V. The A.V. is certainly not justified by the context, because the words which follow, "Lord Jesus," show to whom the invocation was made, even to him whom he saw standing at the right hand of God. At the same time, the request, Receive my spirit, was a striking acknowledgment of the divinity of Christ. Only he who gave the spirit could receive it back again, and keep it safe unto the resurrection. Compare "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(59) Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.--The words are memorable as an instance of direct prayer addressed, to use the words of Pliny in reporting what he had learned of the worship of Christians, "to Christ as God" (Epist x. 97). Stephen could not think of Him whom he saw at the right hand of God, but as of One sharing the glory of the Father, hearing and answering prayer. And in the prayer itself we trace an echo of words of which Stephen may well have heard. The Son commended His Spirit to the Father (Luke 23:46); the disciple, in his turn, commends his spirit to the Son. The word "God," in the sentence "calling upon God," it should be noted, is, as the italics show, an insertion to complete the sense.