King James Version
Acts 7:56 in the King James Version says “And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.”
Acts 7:56 · KJV
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart , and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“I see”
G2334to be a spectator of, i.e., discern, (literally, figuratively (experience) or intensively (acknowledge))
“the heavens”
G3772the sky; by extension, heaven (as the abode of god); by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the gospel (christianity)
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“on”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“standing”
G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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