³⁴ “^(A)On account of this, behold, ^(B)I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will ^(C)flog in your synagogues, and ^(D)persecute from city to city,

Lament over Jerusalem

³⁷ “^(A)Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who ^(B)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, ^(C)the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you did not want it.

⁵¹ “You men—^(A)stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears—are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. ^52 (B)And which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of ^(C)the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers ^(D)you have now become; ⁵³ you who received the Law as ^(E)ordained by angels, and yet did not observe it.”

Stephen Is Stoned to Death

⁵⁴ Now when they heard this, they became ^(F)furious in their hearts, and they began gnashing their teeth at him. ⁵⁵ But being ^(G)full of the Holy Spirit, he ^(H)gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing ^(I)at the right hand of God; ⁵⁶ and he said, “Behold, I see the ^(J)heavens opened up and ^(K)the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” ⁵⁷ But crying out with a loud voice, they covered their ears and rushed at him with one accord. ⁵⁸ And when they had ^(L)driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and ^(M)the witnesses ^(N)laid aside their garments at the feet of ^(O)a young man named Saul. ⁵⁹ They went on stoning Stephen as he ^(P)was calling out and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” ⁶⁰ Then ^(Q)falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, ^(R)do not hold this sin against them!” And having said this, he ^[a](S)fell asleep.