48. But the Most High dwells not in places made with hands; as says the prophet,
49. The heaven is my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord, or where is the place of my rest?
50. has not my hand made all these things?
51. O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, ye also.
52. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have now become deliverers up and murderers!
53. who have received the law as ordained by the ministry of angels, and have not kept it.
54. And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.
55. But being full of the Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
56. and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
57. And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
58. and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
59. And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60. And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.