52. Was there ever a prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute? They killed those who predicted that a man with God’s approval would come. You have now become the people who betrayed and murdered that man.
53. You are the people who received Moses’ Teachings, which were put into effect by angels. But you haven’t obeyed those teachings.”
54. As council members listened to Stephen, they became noticeably furious.
55. But Stephen was full of the Holy Spirit. He looked into heaven, saw God’s glory, and Jesus in the position of authority that God gives.