And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

“Look!” he said. “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby, “Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?”