1Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these…
2And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to…
3and told him, ‘Leave your country and your…
4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans…
5He gave him no inheritance here, not even…
6God told him that his descendants would be…
7‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves…
8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision,…
9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they…
10and rescued him from all his troubles. He…
11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt…
12When Jacob heard that there was grain in…
13On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity…
14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and…
15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he…
16Their bones were carried back to Shechem and…
17As the time drew near for God to…
18Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph,…
19He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers,…
20At that time Moses was born, and he…
21When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took…
22So Moses was educated in all the wisdom…
23When Moses was forty years old, he decided…
24And when he saw one of them being…
25He assumed his brothers would understand that God…
26The next day he came upon two Israelites…
27But the man who was abusing his neighbor…
28Do you want to kill me as you…
29At this remark, Moses fled to the land…
30After forty years had passed, an angel appeared…
31When Moses saw it, he marveled at the…
32‘I am the God of your fathers, the…
33Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off…
34I have indeed seen the oppression of My…
35This Moses, whom they had rejected with the…
36He led them out and performed wonders and…
37This is the same Moses who told the…
38He was in the assembly in the wilderness…
39But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead,…
40They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who…
41At that time they made a calf and…
42But God turned away from them and gave…
43You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech…
44Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony…
45And our fathers who received it brought it…
46who found favor in the sight of God…
47But it was Solomon who built the house…
48However, the Most High does not dwell in…
49‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is…
50Has not My hand made all these things?’
51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears!…
52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail…
53you who received the law ordained by angels,…
54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin…
55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked…
56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and…
57At this they covered their ears, cried out…
58They dragged him out of the city and…
59While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord…
60Falling on his knees, he cried out in…
