Event

Stephen is stoned

Name: Stephen is stoned
Location: Jerusalem

Date:: AD 31
Duration:: 1 day

Stephen, one of the seven chosen to serve the early church, is stoned to death after a speech before the Sanhedrin accusing Jewish leaders of resisting the Holy Spirit as their ancestors had, becoming Christianity's first martyr (Acts 7). A young man named Saul, later the apostle Paul, approves of his death and guards the coats of those who stone him.

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Preceded by 1

Stephen addresses the council

Followed by 1

Saul persecutes the church

Participants 2

Paul Stephen

Locations 1

Jerusalem

Described in 7

Reference	Verse
Acts 7:54	When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Acts 7:55	But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Acts 7:56	And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Acts 7:57	Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Acts 7:58	And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
Acts 7:59	And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Acts 7:60	And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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