Acts 7:56

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then Stephen said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!”

Cross References

Revelation 19:11

I looked and saw that heaven was open, and a white horse was there. Its rider was called Faithful and True, and he is always fair when he judges or goes to war.

Revelation 11:19

The door to God's temple in heaven was then opened, and the sacred chest could be seen inside the temple. I saw lightning and heard roars of thunder. The earth trembled and huge hailstones fell to the ground.

Acts 10:11

He saw heaven open, and something came down like a huge sheet held up by its four corners.

Matthew 3:16

So Jesus was baptized. And as soon as he came out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him like a dove.

Revelation 4:1

After this, I looked and saw a door that opened into heaven. Then the voice that had spoken to me at first and that sounded like a trumpet said, “Come up here! I will show you what must happen next.”

Acts 10:16

This happened three times before the sheet was suddenly taken back to heaven.

John 1:51

I tell you for certain that you will see heaven open and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”

Luke 3:21

While everyone else was being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. Then as he prayed, the sky opened up,

Mark 1:10

As soon as Jesus came out of the water, he saw the sky open and the Holy Spirit coming down to him like a dove.

Matthew 25:31

When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all his angels, he will sit on his royal throne.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own.”

Ezekiel 1:1

I am Ezekiel—a priest and the son of Buzi. Five years after King Jehoiachin of Judah had been led away as a prisoner to Babylonia, I was living near the River Chebar among those who had been taken there with him. Then on the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year, the heavens suddenly opened. The LORD placed his hand upon me and showed me some visions.

Acts 7:57

The council members shouted and covered their ears. At once they all attacked Stephen