and when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I was standing there giving my approval, and looking after the coats of the men who killed him.’
In context
18and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry, leave Jerusalem at once, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ 19I said, ‘Lord, they know that I went from synagogue to synagogue imprisoning and flogging those who believed in you; 20and when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I was standing there giving my approval, and looking after the coats of the men who killed him.’ 21And he said to me, ‘Go, for I am sending you far away, to the Gentiles.’” 22Up to that word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of this man! He has no right to live!”
