¹⁵ At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel’s.

⁵⁰ a fierce and heartless nation that shows no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

²⁰ Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding,^[a]

¹⁷ But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength so that I might preach the Good News in its entirety for all the Gentiles to hear. And he rescued me from certain death.^[a]

²⁹ And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word.

¹³ The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

Daniel Explains the Dream

¹³ I thought, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness. ¹⁴ For the wise can see where they are going, but fools walk in the dark.” Yet I saw that the wise and the foolish share the same fate.