Acts 7:51-8:1
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d "You stiff-necked people, e uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. f As your fathers did, so do you.
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g Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of h the Righteous One, i whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
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you who received the law j as delivered by angels and k did not keep it."
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Now when they heard these things l they were enraged, and they m ground their teeth at him.
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But he, n full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw o the glory of God, and Jesus standing p at the right hand of God.
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And he said, "Behold, I see q the heavens opened, and r the Son of Man standing p at the right hand of God."
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But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him.
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Then s they cast him out of the city and t stoned him. And u the witnesses laid down their garments v at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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And as they were stoning Stephen, w he called out, "Lord Jesus, x receive my spirit."
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And y falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, z "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, a he fell asleep.
Acts 8
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And b Saul c approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and d they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
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Deuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn.
Exodus 32:9
And the Lord said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
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Leviticus 26:41
So that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies - if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they make amends for their iniquity.
Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.
Jeremiah 9:26
Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.
Ezekiel 44:7
In admitting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, profaning my temple, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations.
Ezekiel 44:9
Thus says the Lord God : No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.
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Malachi 3:7
From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, 'How shall we return?
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1 Kings 19:10
He said, "I have been very jealous for the Lord...
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they kept mocking the messengers of God, de...
Jeremiah 2:30
In vain have I struck your children; they took ...
Matthew 23:31
Thus you witness against yourselves that you ar...
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the...
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great i...
Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one,...
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Acts 3:14
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
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Acts 5:28
Saying, "We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
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Galatians 3:19
Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
Hebrews 2:2
For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution.
Acts 7:38
This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us.
Deuteronomy 33:2
He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand.
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John 7:19
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?
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Acts 5:33
When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?
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Job 16:9
He has torn me in his wrath and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
Psalms 35:16
Like profane mockers at a feast, they gnash at me with their teeth.
Psalms 37:12
The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.
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Acts 6:5
And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
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Exodus 24:16
The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
Luke 2:9
And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.
John 12:41
Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke of him.
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Psalms 110:1
The Lord says to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.
Mark 16:19
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
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John 1:51
And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.
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Daniel 7:13
I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him.
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Acts 7:55
But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
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Leviticus 24:14 - 16
Bring out of the camp the one who cursed, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
Numbers 15:35
And the Lord said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
1 Kings 21:13
And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
Luke 4:29
And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.
Hebrews 13:12
So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
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Matthew 21:35
And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated -
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Acts 6:13
And they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.
Deuteronomy 13:9 - 10
But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people.
Deuteronomy 17:7
The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.
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Acts 8:1
And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 22:20
And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.
Acts 22:4
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women.
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Acts 9:14
And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.
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Psalms 31:5
Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
Luke 23:46
Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And having said this he breathed his last.
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Acts 9:40
But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.
Acts 20:36
And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
Acts 21:5
When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, accompanied us until we were outside the city. And kneeling down on the beach, we prayed
Luke 22:41
And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed.
Ephesians 3:14
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father.
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Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
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Matthew 27:52
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
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Acts 7:58
Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 22:20
And when the blood of Stephen your witness was being shed, I myself was standing by and approving and watching over the garments of those who killed him.
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Romans 1:32
Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
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Acts 11:19
Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
Matthew 10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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