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Stephen Before His Accusers

Name: Stephen Before His Accusers
Brand: GoodSalt
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Stephen stands with a steady, upward gaze while hostile men crowd behind him, their faces twisted with accusation and outrage. The contrast between Stephen’s calm resolve and the alarmed expressions of the surrounding crowd presents the early church’s first recorded martyr as a faithful witness under persecution. In the book of Acts, Stephen, full of grace and power, is brought before the council after false witnesses accuse him of speaking against the temple and the law. His composed face recalls the biblical note that those who looked at him saw his face “like the face of an angel.” This artwork emphasizes courage, Spirit-filled testimony, and the cost of discipleship when truth is rejected by an angry religious crowd.

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Jeff Preston

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Keywords	accusers acts determined early church martyr persecution stephen
Secondary Keywords	angry apostolic church brave collage courage courageous crowd disciple false testimony hostile crowd persecute sanhedrin thoughtful witness
Tertiary Keywords	Christian courage religious leaders Spirit filled testimony
Scriptures	Acts 6:8-15 Acts 7:54-60 Acts 6 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. 10 But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. 11 Then they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, 13 and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law, 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.” 15 And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel. Acts 7 54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him. 58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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