him in cold blood. The Sanhedrin, called the Council in the Book of Acts, despised Stephen because of the strong stand he took for Christ. They refused to sit any longer listening to his passionate diatribe. In a rage they drove him into the street through the northern gate to the outskirts of the city. There they pummeled him with large, jagged stones until he fell flat and died. Saul, observing the entire episode, stood among the howling mob, holding the robes of Stephen’s murderers. No doubt, he