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Acts 7:58

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They took him out of the city and began throwing stones at him. The men who told lies against Stephen gave their coats to a young man named Saul.

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The people also know that I was there when Stephen, your witness, was killed. I stood there and agreed that they should kill him. I even held the coats of the men who were killing him!’

Saul agreed that the killing of Stephen was a good thing. Some godly men buried Stephen and cried loudly for him. On that day the Jews began to persecute the church in Jerusalem, making them suffer very much. Saul was also trying to destroy the group. He went into their houses, dragged out men and women, and put them in jail. All the believers left Jerusalem. Only the apostles stayed. The believers went to different places in Judea and Samaria.

The Jews brought some men into the meeting to tell lies about Stephen. These men said, “This man is always saying things against this holy place and against the Law of Moses.

I persecuted the people who followed the Way. Some of them were killed because of me. I arrested men and women and put them in jail.

They got up and forced Jesus to go out of town. Their town was built on a hill. They took Jesus to the edge of the hill to throw him off.

Then two men told the people that they heard Naboth speak against God and the king. So the people carried Naboth out of the city and killed him with stones.

The witnesses must throw the first stones to kill that person. Then the other people should throw stones to finish killing that person. In this way you will remove this evil from your group.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die. All the people must throw stones at him outside the camp.”

So they told some men to say, “We heard Stephen say bad things against Moses and against God!”

Everyone there started shouting loudly, covering their ears with their hands. Together they all ran at Stephen.

They kept on shouting, ripping off their clothes and throwing dust into the air.

And that’s what I did, beginning in Jerusalem. The leading priests gave me the authority to put many of God’s people in jail. And when they were being killed, I agreed that it was a good thing.




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