{"id":7638,"date":"2006-10-25T20:13:40","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T01:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=7638"},"modified":"2019-08-17T20:16:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T01:16:12","slug":"at-what-gate-was-stephen-stoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/at-what-gate-was-stephen-stoned\/","title":{"rendered":"At what gate was Stephen stoned?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>At what gate was Stephen stoned?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, &#8220;Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.&#8221; Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, &#8220;Lord, do not charge them with this sin.&#8221; And when he had said this, he fell asleep<\/em>&#8221; (Acts 7:57-60).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The biblical text does not say, so to make any claim would be mere speculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: At what gate was Stephen stoned? Answer: &#8220;Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 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