37. The First Martyr

Acts 7:54-8:3

30 December 2003
Series: Acts


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Acts 7:54-8:3
54Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.
55But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
56And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him.
58Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
1And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.
3But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
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