Study Desk

"It happened when I ^(C1)returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I ^(C2)fell into a trance,

and I saw Him saying to me, '^(C1)Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'

"And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another ^(C1)I used to imprison and ^(C2)beat those who believed in You.

'And ^(C1)when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing nearby and approving, and watching over the cloaks of those who were killing him.'

"And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away ^(C1)to the Gentiles.'"

They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, "^(C1)Away with such a man from the earth, for ^(C2)he should not be allowed to live!"