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You are the ones that received the law as ordained by angels, and yet you have not kept it."
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When they heard these things, they became enraged and ground their teeth at Stephen.
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But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
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"Look," he said, "I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
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But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him.
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Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
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Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he died.