Acts 8:2

The "devout men" who buried Stephen were probably God-fearing Jews like Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus who buried Jesus (Luke 23:50-53). There were undoubtedly many Jews in Jerusalem who were still sympathetic with the Christians (cf. Acts 6:7). Some of them evidently gave Stephen a burial suitable to his importance. The Mishnah considered open lamentation for someone who had suffered death by stoning as inappropriate. [Note: Mishnah Sanhedrin 6:6.] Luke’s notation that people made loud lamentation for Stephen may, therefore, be evidence that there were many Jews who regarded Stephen’s stoning as extremely unfortunate.