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Stephen's Martyrdom
Stephen delivers a powerful speech about the history of Israel and becomes the first Christian martyr.
Apostlagärningarna 6,8-7,60
8Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
Στέφανος δὲ πλήρης ⸀χάριτος καὶ δυνάμεως ἐποίει τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα μεγάλα ἐν τῷ λαῷ.
9But some men from the synagogue called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians and Alexandrians and others from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and began to argue with Stephen.
ἀνέστησαν δέ τινες τῶν ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῆς λεγομένης Λιβερτίνων καὶ Κυρηναίων καὶ Ἀλεξανδρέων καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ Κιλικίας καὶ Ἀσίας συζητοῦντες τῷ Στεφάνῳ,
10But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυον ἀντιστῆναι τῇ σοφίᾳ καὶ τῷ πνεύματι ᾧ ἐλάλει.
11So they secretly instigated men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God."
τότε ὑπέβαλον ἄνδρας λέγοντας ὅτι Ἀκηκόαμεν αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ῥήματα βλάσφημα εἰς Μωϋσῆν καὶ τὸν θεόν·
12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; they came upon him, seized him, and brought him before the council.
συνεκίνησάν τε τὸν λαὸν καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους καὶ τοὺς γραμματεῖς, καὶ ἐπιστάντες συνήρπασαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἤγαγον εἰς τὸ συνέδριον,
13They also produced false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
ἔστησάν τε μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς λέγοντας· Ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος οὐ παύεται ⸂λαλῶν ῥήματα⸃ κατὰ τοῦ τόπου τοῦ ⸀ἁγίου καὶ τοῦ νόμου,
14For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us."
ἀκηκόαμεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος οὗτος καταλύσει τὸν τόπον τοῦτον καὶ ἀλλάξει τὰ ἔθη ἃ παρέδωκεν ἡμῖν Μωϋσῆς.
15Everyone seated in the council fixed their eyes on him, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
καὶ ἀτενίσαντες εἰς αὐτὸν ⸀πάντες οἱ καθεζόμενοι ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ εἶδον τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ πρόσωπον ἀγγέλου.
1Then the high priest asked, "Are these charges true?"
Εἶπεν δὲ ὁ ἀρχιερεύς· ⸀Εἰ ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει;
2And Stephen said: "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
ὁ δὲ ἔφη· Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοὶ καὶ πατέρες, ἀκούσατε· Ὁ θεὸς τῆς δόξης ὤφθη τῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν Ἀβραὰμ ὄντι ἐν τῇ Μεσοποταμίᾳ πρὶν ἢ κατοικῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐν Χαρράν,
3and said to him, 'Leave your country and your kindred, and go to the land I will show you.'
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· Ἔξελθε ἐκ τῆς γῆς σου καὶ ⸀ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου, καὶ δεῦρο εἰς ⸀τὴν γῆν ἣν ἄν σοι δείξω.
4So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And after his father died, God moved him to this land where you are now living.
τότε ἐξελθὼν ἐκ γῆς Χαλδαίων κατῴκησεν ἐν Χαρράν. κἀκεῖθεν μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ μετῴκισεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν γῆν ταύτην εἰς ἣν ὑμεῖς νῦν κατοικεῖτε,
5He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, yet he promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, though at the time he had no child.
καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν ἐν αὐτῇ οὐδὲ βῆμα ποδός, καὶ ἐπηγγείλατο δοῦναι αὐτῷ εἰς κατάσχεσιν αὐτὴν καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτόν, οὐκ ὄντος αὐτῷ τέκνου.
6And God said this: his descendants would live as strangers in a foreign land, and they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
ἐλάλησεν ⸀δὲ οὕτως ὁ θεὸς ὅτι ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ πάροικον ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ, καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ κακώσουσιν ἔτη τετρακόσια·
7'But I will judge the nation they serve,' God said, 'and afterward they will come out and worship me in this place.'
καὶ τὸ ἔθνος ᾧ ⸀ἐὰν ⸀δουλεύσουσιν κρινῶ ἐγώ, ⸂ὁ θεὸς εἶπεν⸃, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξελεύσονται καὶ λατρεύσουσίν μοι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ.
8And God gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ διαθήκην περιτομῆς· καὶ οὕτως ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ περιέτεμεν αὐτὸν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ, ⸀καὶ Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακώβ, ⸁καὶ Ἰακὼβ τοὺς δώδεκα πατριάρχας.
9"The patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,
Καὶ οἱ πατριάρχαι ζηλώσαντες τὸν Ἰωσὴφ ἀπέδοντο εἰς Αἴγυπτον· καὶ ἦν ὁ θεὸς μετʼ αὐτοῦ,
10and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
καὶ ἐξείλατο αὐτὸν ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ χάριν καὶ σοφίαν ἐναντίον Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου, καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον ⸀καὶ ὅλον τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ.
11Then a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great hardship, and our fathers could find no food.
ἦλθεν δὲ λιμὸς ἐφʼ ὅλην τὴν ⸀Αἴγυπτον καὶ Χανάαν καὶ θλῖψις μεγάλη, καὶ οὐχ ηὕρισκον χορτάσματα οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν·
12When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there on a first visit.
ἀκούσας δὲ Ἰακὼβ ὄντα ⸂σιτία εἰς Αἴγυπτον⸃ ἐξαπέστειλεν τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν πρῶτον·
13On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh learned of Joseph's family.
καὶ ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ ⸀ἀνεγνωρίσθη Ἰωσὴφ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ φανερὸν ἐγένετο τῷ Φαραὼ τὸ ⸀γένος Ἰωσήφ.
14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five people in all.
ἀποστείλας δὲ Ἰωσὴφ μετεκαλέσατο ⸂Ἰακὼβ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ⸃ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν συγγένειαν ἐν ψυχαῖς ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε,
15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
⸂καὶ κατέβη⸃ Ἰακὼβ εἰς Αἴγυπτον. καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν,
16Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
καὶ μετετέθησαν εἰς Συχὲμ καὶ ἐτέθησαν ἐν τῷ μνήματι ⸀ᾧ ὠνήσατο Ἀβραὰμ τιμῆς ἀργυρίου παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἑμμὼρ ⸀ἐν Συχέμ.
17"As the time drew near for the promise God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Καθὼς δὲ ἤγγιζεν ὁ χρόνος τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἧς ⸀ὡμολόγησεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ, ηὔξησεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ἐπληθύνθη ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ,
18until another king rose to power over Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph.
ἄχρι οὗ ἀνέστη βασιλεὺς ἕτερος ⸂ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον⸃, ὃς οὐκ ᾔδει τὸν Ἰωσήφ.
19He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would not survive.
οὗτος κατασοφισάμενος τὸ γένος ἡμῶν ἐκάκωσεν τοὺς ⸀πατέρας τοῦ ποιεῖν ⸂τὰ βρέφη ἔκθετα⸃ αὐτῶν εἰς τὸ μὴ ζῳογονεῖσθαι.
20At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God's sight. For three months he was raised in his father's house,
ἐν ᾧ καιρῷ ἐγεννήθη Μωϋσῆς, καὶ ἦν ἀστεῖος τῷ θεῷ· ὃς ἀνετράφη μῆνας τρεῖς ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός·
21and when he was abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
⸂ἐκτεθέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἀνείλατο αὐτὸν⸃ ἡ θυγάτηρ Φαραὼ καὶ ἀνεθρέψατο αὐτὸν ἑαυτῇ εἰς υἱόν.
22So Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in his words and deeds.
καὶ ἐπαιδεύθη ⸀Μωϋσῆς πάσῃ σοφίᾳ Αἰγυπτίων, ἦν δὲ δυνατὸς ἐν λόγοις καὶ ἔργοις ⸀αὐτοῦ.
23When he was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the people of Israel.
Ὡς δὲ ἐπληροῦτο αὐτῷ τεσσερακονταετὴς χρόνος, ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπισκέψασθαι τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ.
24Seeing one of them being wronged, he came to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.
καὶ ἰδών τινα ἀδικούμενον ἠμύνατο καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐκδίκησιν τῷ καταπονουμένῳ πατάξας τὸν Αἰγύπτιον.
25He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to bring them deliverance, but they did not.
ἐνόμιζεν δὲ συνιέναι τοὺς ⸀ἀδελφοὺς ὅτι ὁ θεὸς διὰ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ δίδωσιν ⸂σωτηρίαν αὐτοῖς⸃, οἱ δὲ οὐ συνῆκαν.
26The next day he came upon two of them fighting and tried to reconcile them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why are you wronging each other?'
τῇ τε ἐπιούσῃ ἡμέρᾳ ὤφθη αὐτοῖς μαχομένοις καὶ ⸀συνήλλασσεν αὐτοὺς εἰς εἰρήνην εἰπών· Ἄνδρες, ἀδελφοί ⸀ἐστε· ἱνατί ἀδικεῖτε ἀλλήλους;
27But the one who was wronging his neighbor pushed him aside and said, 'Who made you ruler and judge over us?
ὁ δὲ ἀδικῶν τὸν πλησίον ἀπώσατο αὐτὸν εἰπών· Τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστὴν ἐφʼ ⸀ἡμῶν;
28Do you mean to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
μὴ ἀνελεῖν με σὺ θέλεις ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες ⸀ἐχθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον;
29At this word Moses fled and lived as a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
ἔφυγεν δὲ Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ, καὶ ἐγένετο πάροικος ἐν γῇ Μαδιάμ, οὗ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς δύο.
30"Forty years later an angel appeared to him in the wilderness near Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.
Καὶ πληρωθέντων ἐτῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὤφθη αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τοῦ ὄρους Σινᾶ ⸀ἄγγελος ἐν φλογὶ πυρὸς βάτου·
31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. And as he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord came to him:
ὁ δὲ Μωϋσῆς ἰδὼν ⸀ἐθαύμασεν τὸ ὅραμα. προσερχομένου δὲ αὐτοῦ κατανοῆσαι ἐγένετο φωνὴ ⸀κυρίου·
32'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Moses began to tremble and dared not look.
Ἐγὼ ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων σου, ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ ⸀καὶ Ἰσαὰκ ⸁καὶ Ἰακώβ. ἔντρομος δὲ γενόμενος Μωϋσῆς οὐκ ἐτόλμα κατανοῆσαι.
33Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος· Λῦσον τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν σου, ὁ γὰρ τόπος ⸀ἐφʼ ᾧ ἕστηκας γῆ ἁγία ἐστίν.
34I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.'
ἰδὼν εἶδον τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ μου τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ τοῦ στεναγμοῦ ⸀αὐτοῦ ἤκουσα, καὶ κατέβην ἐξελέσθαι αὐτούς· καὶ νῦν δεῦρο ⸀ἀποστείλω σε εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
35"This Moses, whom they rejected with the words, 'Who made you ruler and judge?'—this is the man God sent as both ruler and redeemer, by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Τοῦτον τὸν Μωϋσῆν, ὃν ἠρνήσαντο εἰπόντες· Τίς σε κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα καὶ δικαστήν, τοῦτον ὁ θεὸς ⸀καὶ ἄρχοντα καὶ λυτρωτὴν ⸂ἀπέσταλκεν σὺν⸃ χειρὶ ἀγγέλου τοῦ ὀφθέντος αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ βάτῳ.
36He led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
οὗτος ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ποιήσας τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα ἐν ⸀γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἐν Ἐρυθρᾷ Θαλάσσῃ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα.
37This is the Moses who said to the people of Israel, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.'
οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Μωϋσῆς ὁ ⸀εἴπας τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ· Προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀναστήσει ⸂ὁ θεὸς⸃ ἐκ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν ὡς ἐμέ.
38He is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living words to pass on to us.
οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ γενόμενος ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ μετὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτῷ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σινᾶ καὶ τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ὃς ἐδέξατο ⸀λόγια ζῶντα δοῦναι ⸀ἡμῖν,
39But our fathers refused to obey him. They rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
ᾧ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν ὑπήκοοι γενέσθαι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν, ἀλλὰ ἀπώσαντο καὶ ἐστράφησαν ⸂ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις⸃ αὐτῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον,
40saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.'
εἰπόντες τῷ Ἀαρών· Ποίησον ἡμῖν θεοὺς οἳ προπορεύσονται ἡμῶν· ὁ γὰρ Μωϋσῆς οὗτος, ὃς ἐξήγαγεν ἡμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί ⸀ἐγένετο αὐτῷ.
41In those days they made a calf, offered a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
καὶ ἐμοσχοποίησαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις καὶ ἀνήγαγον θυσίαν τῷ εἰδώλῳ, καὶ εὐφραίνοντο ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν.
42So God turned away and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the wilderness, house of Israel?
ἔστρεψεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς καὶ παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς λατρεύειν τῇ στρατιᾷ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν· Μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ;
43No, you carried the tent of Molech and the star of the god Rephan, the images you made to worship. So I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.'
καὶ ἀνελάβετε τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ Μολὸχ καὶ τὸ ἄστρον τοῦ ⸀θεοῦ ⸀Ῥαιφάν, τοὺς τύπους οὓς ἐποιήσατε προσκυνεῖν αὐτοῖς. καὶ μετοικιῶ ὑμᾶς ἐπέκεινα Βαβυλῶνος.
44Our fathers had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, made just as the one who spoke to Moses directed, according to the pattern he had seen.
Ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἦν τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθὼς διετάξατο ὁ λαλῶν τῷ Μωϋσῇ ποιῆσαι αὐτὴν κατὰ τὸν τύπον ὃν ἑωράκει,
45Our fathers who followed them brought it with them under Joshua when they took possession of the land from the nations God drove out before them. And it remained until the days of David,
ἣν καὶ εἰσήγαγον διαδεξάμενοι οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν μετὰ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῇ κατασχέσει τῶν ἐθνῶν ὧν ἐξῶσεν ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν ἕως τῶν ἡμερῶν Δαυίδ·
46who found favor with God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
ὃς εὗρεν χάριν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ᾐτήσατο εὑρεῖν σκήνωμα τῷ ⸀θεῷ Ἰακώβ.
47But it was Solomon who built him a house.
Σολομῶν δὲ οἰκοδόμησεν αὐτῷ οἶκον.
48Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐν ⸀χειροποιήτοις κατοικεῖ· καθὼς ὁ προφήτης λέγει·
49'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what place is there for my rest?
Ὁ οὐρανός μοι θρόνος, ⸂ἡ δὲ⸃ γῆ ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν μου· ποῖον οἶκον οἰκοδομήσετέ μοι, λέγει κύριος, ἢ τίς τόπος τῆς καταπαύσεώς μου;
50Has not my own hand made all these things?'
οὐχὶ ἡ χείρ μου ἐποίησεν ταῦτα πάντα;
51"You stubborn people, uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit—just as your fathers did, so do you.
Σκληροτράχηλοι καὶ ἀπερίτμητοι ⸀καρδίαις καὶ τοῖς ὠσίν, ὑμεῖς ἀεὶ τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ ἀντιπίπτετε, ὡς οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν καὶ ὑμεῖς.
52Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
τίνα τῶν προφητῶν οὐκ ἐδίωξαν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν; καὶ ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς προκαταγγείλαντας περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ δικαίου οὗ νῦν ὑμεῖς προδόται καὶ φονεῖς ⸀ἐγένεσθε,
53you who received the law delivered by angels, and did not keep it."
οἵτινες ἐλάβετε τὸν νόμον εἰς διαταγὰς ἀγγέλων, καὶ οὐκ ἐφυλάξατε.
54When they heard this, they were enraged in their hearts and ground their teeth at him.
Ἀκούοντες δὲ ταῦτα διεπρίοντο ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν καὶ ἔβρυχον τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπʼ αὐτόν.
55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand.
ὑπάρχων δὲ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εἶδεν δόξαν θεοῦ καὶ Ἰησοῦν ἑστῶτα ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ,
56"Look," he said, "I see heaven opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
καὶ εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ θεωρῶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ⸀διηνοιγμένους καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ θεοῦ.
57But they screamed at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
κράξαντες δὲ φωνῇ μεγάλῃ συνέσχον τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν, καὶ ὥρμησαν ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐπʼ αὐτόν,
58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
καὶ ἐκβαλόντες ἔξω τῆς πόλεως ἐλιθοβόλουν. καὶ οἱ μάρτυρες ἀπέθεντο τὰ ἱμάτια ⸀αὐτῶν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας νεανίου καλουμένου Σαύλου.
59And as they stoned him, Stephen called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
καὶ ἐλιθοβόλουν τὸν Στέφανον ἐπικαλούμενον καὶ λέγοντα· Κύριε Ἰησοῦ, δέξαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου·
60Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And with these words he fell asleep.[^1]
[^1]: "Fell asleep" is a gentle way of saying he died.
θεὶς δὲ τὰ γόνατα ἔκραξεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· Κύριε, μὴ στήσῃς αὐτοῖς ⸂ταύτην τὴν ἁμαρτίαν⸃· καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν ἐκοιμήθη.