Acts 7:54

The Stoning of Stephen

54 Now when they heard these things 1they were enraged, and they 2ground their teeth at him.

Acts 7:54 In-Context

52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
53 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."
54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.
55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
56 And he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

Cross References 2

  • 1. Acts 5:33; [Acts 2:37]
  • 2. Job 16:9; Psalms 35:16; Psalms 37:12
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