Acts:7:44-60
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Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness ,
as he had appointed ,
speaking unto Moses ,
that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen .
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Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles ,
whom God drave out before the face of our fathers ,
unto the days of David ;
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Who found favour before God ,
and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob .
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But Solomon built him an house .
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Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands ;
as saith the prophet ,
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Heaven is my throne ,
and earth is my footstool :
what house will ye build me ?
saith the Lord :
or what is the place of my rest ?
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Hath not my hand made all these things ?
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Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ,
ye do always resist the Holy Ghost :
as your fathers did ,
so do ye .
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Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted ?
and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One ;
of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers :
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Who have received the law by the disposition of angels ,
and have not kept it .
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When they heard these things ,
they were cut to the heart ,
and they gnashed on him with their teeth .
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But he ,
being full of the Holy Ghost ,
looked up stedfastly into heaven ,
and saw the glory of God ,
and Jesus standing on the right hand of God ,
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And said ,
Behold ,
I see the heavens opened ,
and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God .
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Then they cried out with a loud voice ,
and stopped their ears ,
and ran upon him with one accord ,
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And cast him out of the city ,
and stoned him :
and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man '
s feet ,
whose name was Saul .
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And they stoned Stephen ,
calling upon God ,
and saying ,
Lord Jesus ,
receive my spirit .
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And he kneeled down ,
and cried with a loud voice ,
Lord ,
lay not this sin to their charge .
And when he had said this ,
he fell asleep .