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~~''Synopsis:''~~ Stephen was a Christian whose story is told in the [[Book of Acts]]. He was stoned to death ~~for his beliefs~~because of accusations of blasphemy, described in [[Acts 7]]. The [[apostle Paul]] (Saul) was present at Stephen's death, giving approval to it. Following his death, which probably occurred some time around [[33 AD]], the Jews of the early church became dispersed throughout Judea, Samaria and their Diaspora homelands, taking the gospel with them.

~~----__TOC__{{topics}}~~* [[Persecution]]* [[Acts 7]] ~~{{opinions}}~~ ~~[[Stephen (EBD)|Easton's Bible Dictionary entry on~~ ===Death of Stephen]] =~~=Main article~~==Stephen was stoned to death.

~~Stephen was a Christian whose story is told in the [[Book of Acts]]. He was stoned to death because of accusations~~ ===After-effects of ~~blasphemy, described in [[Acts 7]]. The [[apostle Paul]] (Saul) was present at~~ Stephen's death~~, giving approval to it. Following his death, the Jews of the early church became dispersed throughout Judea, Samaria and their Diaspora homelands, taking the gospel with them.~~===

~~===Theology of~~ Acts reveals that great persecution arose after Stephen~~===~~ In 's death. Saul (later the [[~~Acts 6~~apostle Paul]] ~~and [[Acts 7|7]] a picture emergences that shows Stephen questioning~~ ) was one of the ~~importance~~ main perpetrators of this violence. Believers (probably predominantly Hellenistic Jews) left Jerusalem to escape the ~~Temple~~ persecution, and the ~~Mosaic Law. In his mind~~gospel travelled with them, ~~Jesus fulfilled and superseded these.~~ ~~===Speech===~~ ~~After Stephen was accused of blasphemy he was brought before the Sanhedrin~~for example, ~~where he gave a speech in his defence~~to cities such as [[Antioch]]. ~~Key features of~~ So this ~~speech include the Jewish leaders' ongoing rejection of God's prophets throughout Israel's history, culminating now~~ persecution resulted in ~~their rejection~~ expansion of ~~Jesus, God's righteous one~~the early church. ~~Stephen reveals in his speech his understanding that God does not live in man-made buildings, but~~ ~~===Death of Stephen===~~

==Quotes==

[[Oscar Cullmann]]

: Apart from Paul, Stephen was perhaps the most significant man in the early church. It seems he grasped what was new in Jesus’ thought better than almost anyone else.

==Video==

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