<p>8:2 <i>And devout men buried Stephen</i>- A term only used of the &quot;devout men&quot; living in Jerusalem who were baptized by Peter and who formed the Jerusalem ecclesia (Acts 2:5; Lk. 2:25). These men had emigrated to live in Jerusalem in their retirement. To now have to flee was significant for them. Presumably some of them remained, and it was of these &quot;devout men&quot; that some bravely identified with Stephen in order to claim and bury his corpse.</p><p><em>And made great lamentation over him</em>- Luke uses the word about the lamentation made over the Lord at His death (Lk. 23:27). As demonstrated throughout the commentary on the end of chapter 7, Stephen's death was modelled consciously upon the Lord's death. And the mourners surely recognized that, therefore mourning for Stephen as they did for the Lord.</p>