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The stoning of Stephen
I just heard that there was a guy who was stoned by angry members of the Sanhedrin. He was just chosen by the twelve disciples to be one of the seven they were going to chose that were full of the Holy Spirit. He was telling people about the the truth that the Holy Spirit was filling him with. Some people who didn’t like what Stephen was doing called some false witnesses to say that Stephen was speaking blasphemy against God. They also said that he was saying Jesus would destroy this place and change to customs of moses. The Sanhedrin asked if it was true if what they were told was true. Stephen said, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran. ‘Leave your country and your people,” God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’ God told Abraham that he would not be able to set his feet there but his descendants would even though he had no children yet. Abraham had a son and had many descendants Jacob’s sons were angry with their brother and sold him to egypt, He became a friend of Pharaoh, but once he died they forgot about him. Moses was born into slavery and was raised by Pharaoh’s daughter, and later lead all the people out of Israel to the promise land which was promised by God to Abraham. When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” Then they rushed at him and they dragged him into the streets and stoned him. Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell died.