Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.
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Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.
And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.
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"And devout men," it says, "carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him." If they were "devout," why did they "make great lamentation over him?" They were not yet perfect. The man was gracious and amiable: this also shows that they were men - not their fear alone, but their grief and lamentation. Who would not have wept to see that mild, that lamb-like person stoned, and lying dead? Fit eulogy to be spoken over his grave has the Evangelist recorded, in this one speech, "Lay not this sin to their charge." "And made," he says, "great lamentation over him."
Matthew Henry · Verses 1–4
Though persecution must not drive us from our work, yet it may send us to work elsewhere. Wherever the established believer is driven, he carries the knowledge of the gospel, and makes known the preciousness of Christ in every place. Where a simple desire of doing good influences the heart, it will be found impossible to shut a man out from all opportunities of usefulness.
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