¹⁴ “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’^[a](A) standing where it^[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

²⁰ “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies,^(A) you will know that its desolation is near.

⁴⁸ If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”

¹³ They produced false witnesses,^(A) who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place^(B) and against the law. ¹⁴ For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place^(C) and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”^(D)

¹⁵ All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin^(E) looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

²⁸ shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”^(A)