Acts 7:56

New Century Version

He said, "Look! I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God's right side."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He said, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

King James Version (1611)
And said, Behold, I see the heauens opened, and the Sonne of man standing on the right hand of God.

King James Version
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

English Standard Version
And he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

New American Standard Bible
and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

Amplified Bible
and he said, "Look! I see the heavens opened up [in welcome] and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

Legacy Standard Bible
and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

Berean Standard Bible
"Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

Contemporary English Version
Then Stephen said, "I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!"

Complete Jewish Bible
"Look!" he exclaimed, "I see heaven opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God! "

Darby Translation
and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

Easy-to-Read Version
Stephen said, "Look! I see heaven open. And I see the Son of Man standing at God's right side."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And said, Beholde, I see the heauens open, and the Sonne of man standing at the right hand of God.

George Lamsa Translation
And he said, Behold I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.

Good News Translation
"Look!" he said. "I see heaven opened and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!"

Lexham English Bible
And he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

Literal Translation
And he said, Behold, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of man standing at the right of God!

American Standard Version
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Bible in Basic English
And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.

Hebrew Names Version
and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God!"

International Standard Version
He said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"Ezekiel 1:1; Daniel 7:13; Matthew 3:16; Acts 10:11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of Aloha.

Murdock Translation
And he said: Lo, I see heaven open, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And sayde: Beholde, I see the heauens open, & the sonne of man standyng on the ryght hande of God.

English Revised Version
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

World English Bible
and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God!"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right-hand of God.

Weymouth's New Testament
"I can see Heaven wide open," he said, "and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, Lo! Y se heuenes openyd, and mannus sone stondynge on the riythalf of the vertu of God.

Update Bible Version
and said, Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

New English Translation
"Look!" he said. "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

New King James Version
and said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

New Living Translation
And he told them, "Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God's right hand!"

New Life Bible
He said, "See! I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!"

New Revised Standard
"Look," he said, "I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And said - Lo! I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man, standing, on the right hand of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(7-55) And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Revised Standard Version
and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and sayde: beholde I se the hevens open and the sonne of man stondynge on the ryght honde of god.

Young's Literal Translation
and he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde: Beholde, I se the heauens open, and the sonne of ma stondinge on ye righte honde of God.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and he said, there I see the heavens open, and the son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Steve said, "Look right there, boys! I can see right into heaven. God's sitting there and Jesus is standing at his right hand."

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴ When the leaders heard this, they became furious. They were so mad they were grinding their teeth at Stephen. ⁵⁵ But Stephen was full of the Holy Spirit. He looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God's right side. ⁵⁶ He said, "Look! I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God's right side." ⁵⁷ Then they shouted loudly and covered their ears and all ran at Stephen. ⁵⁸ They took him out of the city and began to throw stones at him to kill him. And those who told lies against Stephen left their coats with a young man named Saul. ⁵⁹ While they were throwing stones, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." ⁶⁰ He fell on his knees and cried in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." After Stephen said this, he died.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I see: Acts 10:11, Acts 10:16, Ezekiel 1:1, Matthew 3:16, Mark 1:10, Luke 3:21, Revelation 4:1, Revelation 11:19, Revelation 19:11

the Son: Daniel 7:13, Daniel 7:14, Matthew 16:27, Matthew 16:28, Matthew 25:31, Matthew 26:64, Matthew 26:65, John 5:22-27

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 22:19 - I saw the Lord 2 Chronicles 18:18 - I saw Job 42:5 - mine Psalms 16:11 - at thy Psalms 110:5 - at thy Matthew 10:20 - but Matthew 16:13 - I the Mark 16:19 - and sat Luke 22:69 - on John 1:51 - Hereafter John 16:2 - the time Romans 8:34 - who is even 2 Corinthians 4:6 - the light Ephesians 1:20 - and set Hebrews 1:3 - sat

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And said, behold, I see the heavens opened,.... As they were at the baptism of Christ, :-:

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 Psalms 80:17 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I see the heavens opened - A figurative expression, denoting that he was permitted to see “into” heaven, or to see what was there, as if the firmament was divided, and the eye was permitted to penetrate the eternal world. Compare Ezekiel 1:1.