Acts 7:60 Cross References - Williams

⁶⁰ Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not charge this sin on the book against them!" On saying this he fell asleep in death.

⁴⁴ But I tell you, practice loving your enemies and praying for your persecutors,

⁵² the tombs were opened, and many bodies of saints then sleeping in death rose

²⁸ continue to bless those who curse you, and continue to pray for those who abuse you.

⁴¹ And He Himself withdrew about a stone's throw from them, and after kneeling down He continued to pray,

³⁴ They drew lots to divide His clothes among them.

⁴⁰ Then Peter put them all out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and, turning to the body, said, "Tabitha, get up!" Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

³⁶ For David, after having served God's purpose in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers, and so he did experience decay,

³⁶ After he had finished this speech, he fell on his knees with them all and prayed.

⁵ But when our time was up, we left there and went on, and all of them with their wives and children accompanied us out of town. There we knelt down on the beach and prayed;

¹⁴ Keep on blessing your persecutors; keep on blessing and stop cursing them. ¹⁵ Practice rejoicing with people who rejoice, and weeping with people who weep. ¹⁶ Keep on thinking in harmony with one another. Stop being high-minded but keep on associating with lowly people. Stop being conceited. ¹⁷ Stop returning evil for evil to anyone. Always see to it that your affairs are right in the sight of everybody. ¹⁸ If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in peace with everybody. ¹⁹ Stop taking revenge on one another, beloved, but leave a place for God's anger, for the Scripture says, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back, says the Lord." ²⁰ Do the opposite. If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink, for if you act in this way, you will heap burning coals upon his head! ²¹ Stop being conquered by evil, but keep on conquering evil with good.

³⁰ This is why many of you are sick and feeble, and a considerable number are falling asleep.

⁶ After that, at one time He was seen by more than five hundred brothers, most of whom are still living, though some of them have fallen asleep.

¹⁸ Yes, even those who have fallen asleep, though in union with Christ, have perished.

²⁰ But in reality Christ has been raised from the dead, the first to be raised of those who have fallen asleep.

⁵¹ Let me tell you a secret. We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,

¹³ Also we do not want you to have any misunderstanding, brothers, about those who are falling asleep, so as to keep you from grieving over them as others do who have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then through Jesus, God will bring back with Him those who have fallen asleep.

¹⁰ who died for us, so that whether we still live or sleep we may live in fellowship with Him.