Acts 7:44–60
44 “Our fathers had athe tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it baccording to the pattern which he had seen.
45 “And having received it in their turn, our fathers abrought it in with 1Joshua upon dispossessing the 2nations whom God drove out before our fathers, until the time of David.
46 “aDavid found favor in God’s sight, and basked that he might find a dwelling place for the 1God of Jacob.
47 “But it was aSolomon who built a house for Him.
48 “However, athe Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:
49 ‘aHeaven is My throne,
And earth is the footstool of My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
‘Or what place is there for My repose?
50 ‘aWas it not My hand which made all these things?’
51 “You men who are astiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.
52 “aWhich one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of bthe Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers cyou have now become;
53 you who received the law as aordained by angels, and yet did not keep it.”
54 Now when they heard this, they were acut to the quick, and they began gnashing their teeth at him.
55 But being afull of the Holy Spirit, he bgazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing cat the right hand of God;
56 and he said, “Behold, I see the aheavens opened up and bthe Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one impulse.
58 When they had adriven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and bthe witnesses claid aside their robes at the feet of da young man named Saul.
59 They went on stoning Stephen as he acalled on the Lord and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Then afalling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, bdo not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he 1cfell asleep.