The Meaning of the Phrase ‘And the Witnesses Laid Down Their Cloaks’ in Acts 7: 58
The present article seeks to understand the statement ‘and the witnesses laid down their cloaks’ in Acts 7:58. This incident does not immediately stand out to the reader as being significant in the context of Acts 7 in any real way, and is often overlooked by commentators. However, based on other an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2011]
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The expository times
Year: 2011, Volume: 123, Issue: 3, Pages: 113-118 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
B Violence B ancient gestures B Gesture B outer garments B SIGNS & symbols B STONING B Death B death of Stephen B CLOAKS B Bible. Apostelgeschichte 7,58 B Acts of the Apostles |
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| Summary: | The present article seeks to understand the statement ‘and the witnesses laid down their cloaks’ in Acts 7:58. This incident does not immediately stand out to the reader as being significant in the context of Acts 7 in any real way, and is often overlooked by commentators. However, based on other ancient episodes in which a cloak is removed, this article will call into question the meaning and function of the laying down of cloaks in Acts 7:58. It will be suggested that the gesture of shedding cloaks was a symbolic gesture which, on one level, signified impending violence or death. The conclusion will have implications for how we are to understand this gesture both in Acts and in the wider Greco-Roman world. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0014524611421729 |