²⁰ For it is not you who will be speaking—it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

¹⁰ None of them could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke.

¹⁵ for I will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!

¹² for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what needs to be said.”

²¹ or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.

⁸ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of our people,

⁴ And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages,^[a] as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability.

³ I will give you all the proof you want that Christ speaks through me. Christ is not weak when he deals with you; he is powerful among you.

⁵⁵ But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand. ⁵⁶ And he told them, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand!”