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King James Bible - Acts 7:56

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:56

y dijo: He aquí, veo los cielos abiertos, y al Hijo del Hombre que est� a la diestra de Dios.

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John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 56. And said, behold, I see the heavens opened , etc.] As they were at the baptism of Christ, (See Gill on � Matthew 3:16�): and the son of man standing at the right hand of God ; he calls Jesus �the son of man�; a name by which he often called himself in his state of humiliation; and that though he was now glorified, it being the name of the Messiah in ( Psalm 80:17, Daniel 7:13) as was well known to the Jews; and this Stephen said to show that God was on his side, and to let them know what honour was done him, what divine supports and comforts he had, and that he was an eyewitness of Jesus, and of his being alive, and in glory.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 54-60 - Nothing is so comfortable to dying saints, or so encouraging to suffering saints, as to see Jesus at the right hand of God: blessed be God, by faith we may see him there. Stephen offered up two shor prayers in his dying moments. Our Lord Jesus is God, to whom we are to seek, and in whom we are to trust and comfort ourselves, living an dying. And if this has been our care while we live, it will be ou comfort when we die. Here is a prayer for his persecutors. Though the sin was very great, yet if they would lay it to their hearts, God woul not lay it to their charge. Stephen died as much in a hurry as ever an man did, yet, when he died, the words used are, he fell asleep; he applied himself to his dying work with as much composure as if he ha been going to sleep. He shall awake again in the morning of the resurrection, to be received into the presence of the Lord, where i fulness of joy, and to share the pleasures that are at his right hand for evermore __________________________________________________________________

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Greek Textus Receptus

και 2532 CONJ ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S ιδου 2400 5628 V-2AAM-2S θεωρω 2334 5719 V-PAI-1S τους 3588 T-APM ουρανους 3772 N-APM ανεωγμενους 455 5772 V-RPP-APM και 2532 CONJ τον 3588 T-ASM υιον 5207 N-ASM του 3588 T-GSM ανθρωπου 444 N-GSM εκ 1537 PREP δεξιων 1188 A-GPM εστωτα 2476 5761 V-RAP-ASM του 3588 T-GSM θεου 2316 N-GSM

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Vincent's NT Word Studies

56. I see (qewrw). See on Luke x. 18.

The Son of man. A title never applied to Christ by any of the apostles or evangelists, except here by Stephen. See on Luke vi. 22.

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Robertson's NT Word Studies

7:56 {Opened} (dienoigmenous). Perfect passive predicate participle of dianoignumi (cf. #Mt 3:16; Lu 3:21). {The son of man} (ton huion tou anqrwpou). Elsewhere in the N.T. in Christ's own words. Here Stephen may refer to the words of Jesus as preserved in #Mt 26:64.