The Bible In Paintings: ✝️ STEPHEN PREACHES, THEN IS STONED TO DEATH—JESUS’ FIRST MARTYR ✝️ Part 1

[Hebrews 11:6]

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STEPHEN
PREACHES,
THEN IS STONED

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«Chapters 6-8»

Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people. Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen. These men began to argue with Stephen, but they could not stand up against his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

So they stirred up the people and the elders and the teachers of the law. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Then the high priest asked him, “Are these charges true?”

To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! Moses told the Israelites, ‘GOD WILL SEND YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR OWN PEOPLE.’

“You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—you who have received the law that was put into effect through angels but have not obeyed it.”

When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

And Saul was there, giving approval to his death.

1
DANIELLE TAYABAS
"Saint Stephen the Martyr"

2
LUIS DE MORALES
"Saint Stephen"

3
CARPACCIO
"La Prédication de Saint Etienne à Jérusalem"

4
MARIOTTO DI NARDO
"St Stephen Preaching"

5
FRA ANGELICO
Source

6
FRA ANGELICO
Source

7
FRA FILIPPO LIPPI
"Disputation in the Synagogue"

8
JOSEF ARNOLD the Elder
Source

9
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10
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11
VITTORE CARPACCIO
"Disputation of St Stephen"

12
PAOLO UCCELLO
"Disputation of St Stephen"

13
Source

14
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15
JUAN DE JUANES
"Saint Stephen in the Synagogue"

16
JUAN DE JUANES
"Saint Stephen Accused of Blasphemy"

17
ANDREA VACCARO
"Saint Stephen Taken to His Martyrdom"

18
ANTONIO CARRACCI
"The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen"

19
ANNIBALE CARRACCI
"The Stoning of Saint Stephen"

20
MARIOTTO DI NARDO
Source

21
BARTHOLOMEUS BREENBERGH
"The Stoning of Saint Stephen"

22
JACQUES STELLA
"The Martyrdom of St. Stephen"

23
Source

24
ANNIBALE CARRACCI
"The Stoning of Saint Stephen"

25
FRANZ XAVER WAGENSCHON
"Stoning of St. Stephen"

26
REMBRANDT
"Stoning of St. Stephen"

27
DOSSO & BATTISTA DOSSI
"The Stoning of Saint Stephen"

28
Source

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VITTORE CARPACCIO
"The Stoning of St Stephen"

30
BERNARDO CAVALLINO
"The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen"

31
JEAN BAPTISTE DE CHAMPAIGNE
"The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen"

32
LORENZO LOTTO
"The Martyrdom of St Stephen"

33
FRA ANGELICO
"The Stoning of St Stephen"

34
GIORGIO VASARI
"Martyrdom of St Stephen"

35
PETER PAUL RUBENS
"Saint Stephen"

36
ANTHONY VAN DYCK
"The Stoning of Saint Stephen"

37
FILIPPO LIPPI
"The Martyrdom of St Stephen"

38
Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World
"St. Stephen Is Stoned to Death"

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FERDINANDO TACCA
"Martirio di S. Stefano"

To be continued…

New International Version ©1984, Abrgd, EMPHASES added
Masthead Painting: “THE HAND OF GOD” by Yongsung Kim

[Hebrews 11:6]

It had never occurred to me to wonder why Stephen saw Jesus standing and whether Scripture might be implying causation. Now I am. Thanks, K.

[Jane Long]

this makes Stephen even more amazing, that he would bring our Lord to His feet...

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What a wonderful point!

Prayers for the courage and heart of Stephen, indeed.