Acts 7:54-60

Stephen’s Martyrdom. 54When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him. 55^o But he, filled with the holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,^* 56and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears,^* and rushed upon him together. 58They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.^p 59As they were stoning Stephen,^q he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”^* 60Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them”; and when he said this, he fell asleep.^r