1. Acts 7:56 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does it mean for heaven to be open?

Acts 7:56 (ESV)

56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

The heavens opened is a phrase used in Acts 10:11 to describe divine revelation (Acts 10:11) and it seems to have the same intention here. This description of the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God is a revelation granted by God and not an inference made by Stephen or the apostles.