Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Acts 7:56
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.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Acts 7:56:
1 Kings 22:19
Psalms 16:11
Habakkuk 3:6
Matthew 3:16
Matthew 8:19-20
Acts 10:11
2 Corinthians 12:2
Revelation 1:13
Revelation 4:1
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