48 (A)Yet the Most High does not dwell (B)in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,

49 (C)“‘Heaven is my throne,
    (D)and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
    or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’

51 (E)“You stiff-necked people, (F)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. (G)As your fathers did, so do you. 52 (H)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (I)the Righteous One, (J)whom you have now betrayed and murdered, 53 you who received the law (K)as delivered by angels and (L)did not keep it.”

The Stoning of Stephen

54 Now when they heard these things (M)they were enraged, and they (N)ground their teeth at him. 55 But he, (O)full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw (P)the glory of God, and Jesus standing (Q)at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, “Behold, I see (R)the heavens opened, and (S)the Son of Man standing (T)at the right hand of God.” 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together[a] at him. 58 Then (U)they cast him out of the city and (V)stoned him. And (W)the witnesses laid down their garments (X)at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, (Y)he called out, “Lord Jesus, (Z)receive my spirit.” 60 And (AA)falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, (AB)“Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, (AC)he fell asleep.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:57 Or rushed with one mind

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