Upon this, with a loud outcry they stopped their ears, rushed upon Stephen in a body,
This man Paul had been seized by the Jews, and they were on the point of killing him, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, for I had been informed that he was a Roman citizen.
As they listened to these words, they became infuriated and gnashed their teeth at him.
»I can see Heaven wide open,« he said, »and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand.«
dragged him out of the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments and giving them into the care of a young man called Saul.