What follower of Jesus stood by watching the stoning of the Church's first martyr?

Answer 1

Paul watched while Stephen was being stoned.

Another perspective:Saul of Tarsus was witness to the stoning of Stephen (Acts 7:58), perhaps even complicit in it, but he was not yet known as Paul, nor was he a follower of Jesus at the time. The correct answer to the question is "none."

Answer 2

Act 7:58 And cast him (Stephen) out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

Acts 22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I (Paul) also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

The book of Acts was written by the Apostle Paul, formerly know as Saul.

Answer 3

Acts 7:58 says that a young man called Saul, later to be known as the apostle Paul, stood by watching Stephen being stoned. On the evidence of Acts, Stephen appears to be the first Christian martyr.

However, Dennis E Smith and Joseph B Tyson (Acts and Christian Beginnings) reported that the Acts Seminar, which met for eleven years to investigate the historicity of Acts, concluded that the material about Saul's involvement is not historical. Raymond E. Brown says in An Introduction to the New Testament, we can never verify the existence and martyrdom of Stephen.

Answer 4

Saul, who after his damascus road experience, changed his name to Paul.

Answer 5

According to Acts 7:54-58, the future follower was named Saul, whose name later was changed to Paul.

Answer 6

Saul was not a follower of Jesus at the time of the stoning, but became a follower shortly after. he last would be known as Paul (name change at conversion).

Answer 7

Saul of Tarsus, later known as the apostle Paul. See Acts 7:57, 58.

Answer 8

There first mention of Saul of Tarsus is that he was present when Stephen was stoned.