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Acts 8:2

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And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
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  1. Genesis 50:10–11Rank 1 from verse 2
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    10And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

    11And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

  2. 1 Samuel 28:3Rank 2 from verse 2
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    3¶ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

  3. 2 Chronicles 32:33Rank 3 from verse 2
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    33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

  4. 2 Chronicles 35:25Rank 4 from verse 2
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    25¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

  5. 2 Samuel 3:31Rank 5 from verse 2
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    31¶ And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

  6. Acts 10:2Rank 6 from verse 2
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    2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

  7. Acts 2:5Rank 7 from verse 2
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    5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

  8. Deuteronomy 34:8Rank 8 from verse 2
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    8¶ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

  9. Genesis 23:2Rank 9 from verse 2
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    2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

  10. Isaiah 57:1–2Rank 10 from verse 2
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    1THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

    2He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

  11. Jeremiah 22:10Rank 11 from verse 2
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    10¶ Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

  12. Jeremiah 22:18Rank 12 from verse 2
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    18Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

  13. John 11:31–35Rank 13 from verse 2
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    31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

    32Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

    33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

    34And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

    35Jesus wept.

  14. Luke 2:25Rank 14 from verse 2
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    25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

  15. Numbers 20:29Rank 15 from verse 2
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    29And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

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Acts 8:2

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devout

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Reverent, pious, and earnestly devoted in the fear or service of God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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carried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of carry (to bear, convey, support, or take from one place to another).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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8:2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

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8:3As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

8:4Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

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