Acts 7:51-60

51 “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!

52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—

53 you who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it.”

The Stoning of Stephen

54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.

55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him,

58 dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 32:9; Exodus 33:3,5
• 2. Leviticus 26:41; Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 9:26
• 3. 2 Chronicles 36:16; S Matthew 5:12
• 4. Acts 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 2:15
• 5. ver 38; Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 2:2
• 6. Acts 5:33
• 7. S Luke 1:15
• 8. S Mark 16:19
• 9. S Matthew 3:16
• 10. S Matthew 8:20
• 11. Luke 4:29
• 12. Leviticus 24:14,16; Deuteronomy 13:9
• 13. Deuteronomy 17:7
• 14. Acts 22:20
• 15. Acts 8:1
• 16. Psalms 31:5; Luke 23:46
• 17. Luke 22:41; Acts 9:40
• 18. S Matthew 5:44
• 19. S Matthew 9:24