rsv Acts:7:54-8:1
rsv@Acts:7:54 @ Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth against him.
rsv@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;
rsv@Acts:7:56 @ and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God."
rsv@Acts:7:57 @ But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him.
rsv@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.
rsv@Acts:7:59 @ And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
rsv@Acts:7:60 @ And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
rsv@Acts:8:1 @ And Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the region of Judea and Sama'ria, except the apostles.