Persecution

From: CareLines: Volume 6

By: Paul J. Pascoe

• 1 min. read • grade level: 5

ACT 7:57-58⁵⁷Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, ⁵⁸And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. (Acts 7:57‑58)

They . . . ran upon [Stephen] . . . and cast him out . . . and stoned him.

Acts 7:57-58⁵⁷Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, ⁵⁸And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. (Acts 7:57‑58)

Here’s another example of one who was willing to suffer persecution for the gospel’s sake. Stephen had preached a solid gospel and made the Jews so mad that they actually stoned him to death. His martyrdom was watched by Saul, who later, after he became a Christian, was renamed Paul. When he endured persecution, as we considered yesterday, I wonder if he thought back to this day when he gave consent to the death of Stephen. Are we willing to give our lives for the Lord, as Stephen did?

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