Stephen is so Full of the Holy Spirit that His face looked like the Face of an angel. As the religious people of the day were preparing to stone Stephen he looked up and the heavens opened up and he saw God with Jesus standing by His side. That vision was given to him so he knew that what he was teaching and preaching was indeed from God. The angry people killed Stephen with stones they were throwing at Him. And Saul that later became Paul, and wrote most of the New Testament was there holding the robes of those that killed Stephen. I believe that when Saul ( Paul) had his Damascus Road experience, as he was blinded by the Light,and heard Jesus say why do you persecute me saw the vision of Stephen and His face looking like that of an Angel. 54-56 At that point they went wild, a rioting mob of catcalls and whistles and invective. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, hardly noticed—he only had eyes for God, whom he saw in all his glory with Jesus standing at his side. He said, “Oh! I see heaven wide open and the Son of Man standing at God’s side!” 57-58 Yelling and hissing, the mob drowned him out. Now in full stampede, they dragged him out of town and pelted him with rocks. The ringleaders took off their coats and asked a young man named Saul to watch them. 59-60 As the rocks rained down, Stephen prayed, “Master Jesus, take my life.” Then he knelt down, praying loud enough for everyone to hear, “Master, don’t blame them for this sin”—his last words. Then he died. Acts 7:54-60 The Message Bible.
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