52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (B)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 (C)who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.

Stephen the Martyr

54 (D)When they heard these things they were [a]cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:54 furious

52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(A) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(B) 53 you who have received the law that was given through angels(C) but have not obeyed it.”

The Stoning of Stephen

54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious(D) and gnashed their teeth at him.

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