45. Later it was given to our ancestors, and they took it with them when they went with Joshua. They carried the tent along as they took over the land from those people that God had chased out for them. Our ancestors used this tent until the time of King David.
46. He pleased God and asked him if he could build a house of worship for the people of Israel.
47. And it was finally King Solomon who built a house for God.
48. But the Most High God doesn't live in houses made by humans. It is just as the prophet said, when he spoke for the Lord,
49. “Heaven is my throne,and the earthis my footstool.What kind of housewill you build for me?In what place will I rest?
50. I have made everything.”
51. You stubborn and hard-headed people! You are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did.
52. Is there one prophet that your ancestors didn't ill-treat? They killed the prophets who told about the coming of the One Who Obeys God. And now you have turned against him and killed him.
53. Angels gave you God's Law, but you still don't obey it.
54. When the council members heard Stephen's speech, they were angry and furious.
55. But Stephen was filled with the Holy Spirit. He looked towards heaven, where he saw our glorious God and Jesus standing at his right side.
56. Then Stephen said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!”
57. The council members shouted and covered their ears. At once they all attacked Stephen
58. and dragged him out of the city. Then they started throwing stones at him. The men who had brought charges against him put their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.