They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.

“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly.

He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people.

because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

Paul replied, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”

that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”

When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

But someone came and reported to them, “Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!”

After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.

I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”

After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, “Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it.”

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.