Translation
And __ they were stoning STEPHEN, he was speaking out and saying, “LORD JESUS, receive my spirit.”
Paraphrase
And while they continued to stone THE ONE WHO IS ENCIRCLED WITH A CROWN, he was saying, Oh SAVIOR SENT BY YHVH, you are also THE SUPREME RULER, I am ready to die and have my spirit be separated from my body; I am ready to go to you on the other side of this threshold we call death; I am ready to face my eternal recompense.”