Top: Jewish Murders of Christians: Saint Stephen The First Martyr
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STEPHEN
(Gr. Stephanos, crown). top of page One of the
seven appointed to look after the daily distribution to the poor in the
early church (Acts 6:1-6). He performed great wonders and signs, taught
in the synagogue, and there debated with Jews of the Dispersion. Acts 7
records Stephen's remarkable apologia before the council. Stephen's exclamation
at the close of his speech is particularly important to a proper understanding
of it: "Look . . . I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at
the right hand of God" (7:56). This is the only occurrence of the title
"Son of Man" in the NT on the lips of anyone other than Jesus
himself and reveals Stephen's messianic understanding of the term. Such
radical thinking was too much for the listening Sanhedrin. Stephen was stoned
to death. top of page
Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Bible NIV
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