(7:51–53) Stephen indicts Israel for repeating the ancestors’ opposition to God’s Holy Spirit: the Israelites’ ancestors killed the prophets, including those who prophesied about Jesus, whom Israel murdered. They refused to keep the Torah they received (7:53). 7:51 This verse follows Stephen’s assertion that God does not live in human-made houses (7:44–59): Stephen explicitly accuses the Israelites of being like their ancestors in their opposition to God’s Spirit; they
Acts 7:51–53