[54] When those in the council meeting heard this, they became very angry. They were so mad they were grinding their teeth at him.
[55] But Stephen was full of the Holy Spirit. He looked up into heaven and saw the glory of God. And he saw Jesus standing at God’s right side.
[56] Stephen said, “Look! I see heaven open. And I see the Son of Man standing at God’s right side.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.7.54-56.ERV
[51] Then Stephen said, “You stubborn Jewish leaders! You refuse to give your hearts to God or even listen to him. You are always against what the Holy Spirit wants you to do. That’s how your ancestors were, and you are just like them!
[52] They persecuted every prophet who ever lived. They even killed those who long ago said that the Righteous One would come. And now you have turned against that Righteous One and killed him.
[53] You are the people who received God’s law, which he gave you through his angels. But you don’t obey it!”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.7.51-53.ERV
[25] Moses thought that his people would understand that God was using him to save them. But they did not understand.
[35] “This Moses was the one his people said they did not want. They said, ‘Did anyone say you could be our ruler and judge?’ But he is the one God sent to be a ruler and savior. God sent him with the help of an angel, the one Moses saw in the burning bush.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.7.25-35.ERV
[9] “These ancestors of ours became jealous of their brother Joseph and sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
[10] and saved him from all his troubles. Pharaoh was the king of Egypt then. He liked Joseph and respected him because of the wisdom God gave him. Pharaoh gave Joseph the job of being a governor of Egypt. He even let him rule over all the people in Pharaoh’s house.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.7.9-10.ERV
[9] But some of the Jews there were from the synagogue of Free Men, as it was called. The group included Jews from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and Asia. They started arguing with Stephen.
[10] But the Spirit was helping him speak with wisdom. His words were so strong that these Jews could not argue with him.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.6.9-10.ERV
[8] Stephen received a great blessing. God gave him power to do great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.6.8.ERV
[2] The twelve apostles called the whole group of followers together. The apostles said to them, “It would not be right for us to give up our work of teaching God’s word in order to be in charge of getting food to people.
[3] So, brothers and sisters, choose seven of your men who have a good reputation. They must be full of wisdom and the Spirit. We will give them this work to do.
[4] Then we can use all our time to pray and to teach the word of God.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.6.2-4.ERV
