. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. lled with rageagainst Stephen, and gnashed on him with their teeth like wild beasts. But he,looking up toward heaven, saw a glorious light there, and Jesus standing at theright hand of God. And he said, I see the heavens opened, and Jesus standingat the right hand of God. Then they cried out with loud voices against him,and stopped their ears that they might not hear his -words; and they broughthim out of the city and stoned him. While they were stoning him, he kneeleddown on the ground and prayed, saying, Lord forgive them for
. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. lled with rageagainst Stephen, and gnashed on him with their teeth like wild beasts. But he,looking up toward heaven, saw a glorious light there, and Jesus standing at theright hand of God. And he said, I see the heavens opened, and Jesus standingat the right hand of God. Then they cried out with loud voices against him,and stopped their ears that they might not hear his -words; and they broughthim out of the city and stoned him. While they were stoning him, he kneeleddown on the ground and prayed, saying, Lord forgive them for this sin. Now -whenever a man was stoned by the Jews the persons who had bornewitness against him always cast the first stone. And so the false -witnesses whohad spoken against Stephen, cast the first stones at him. They took off theirouter garments that they might use their arms more freely in doing this, andthey laid those garments down on the ground by the feet of a young man namedSaul, for him to keep them safe till they were ready to put them on again. 294. STEPHEN IS CAST OUT OF THE CITY AND STXED. 295 \. r- Saul is Converted and Preaches the Gospel. 7VFTER Stephen* had been stoned by the Jews there was a great persecution>4A against the disciples. But good men took Stephens dead body, and<» mourned over him, and buried him. As for Saul, the young man whohad kept the clothes of the witnesses, he did much harm; for he went intoevery house to find those who believed on Jesus, and when he had found them,he took them, both men and women, and put them in prison. Therefore thedisciples fled out of Jerusalem to different parts of the land, and to othercountries; but wherever they went, they preached the gospel to the people. After these things, Saul, being full of anger and hatred against the disciples,went to the high priest at Jerusalem, and asked for letters to the rulers of thesynagogues in the city of Damascus, that he might go to that city, and if hefound a
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