Stephen was one of the deacons of the early church and the first martyr.
Acts 7:59He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.Acts 7:60He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 6:3But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”Acts 6:4These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch;Acts 6:5whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.Acts 6:6The word of God increased and the number of the disciples greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. A great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Acts 6:8But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines”, and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.Acts 6:9They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.Acts 6:10Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
결국 이런 일들 때문에 그는 산헤드린 공회에 체포되었다.
Acts 6:11They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,Acts 6:12and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
Acts 7:54But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,Acts 7:55and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”Acts 7:56But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.Acts 7:57They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.Acts 7:58They stoned Stephen) as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”Acts 7:59He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.Acts 7:60He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.