Isaiah specifically spoke of the suffering and death of the Righteous One (Isaiah 53:10–12). With their killing of Jesus, Stephen is claiming that the Jewish leaders betrayed and killed the Righteous One. They have shown themselves to be murderers.1
Isaiah specifically spoke of the suffering and death of the Righteous One (Isaiah 53:10–12). With their killing of Jesus, Stephen is claiming that the Jewish leaders betrayed and killed the Righteous One. They have shown themselves to be murderers.1
52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,