Acts 7:55

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But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

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  • Acts 6:5 : 5 The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 But I am full of the courage that the LORD’s Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin.
  • Mark 16:19 : 19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
  • John 12:41 : 41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.
  • Ps 109:31-110:1 : 31 because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life. 1 A psalm of David. Here is the LORD’s proclamation to my lord:“Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!”
  • Isa 6:1-3 : 1 Isaiah’s Commission In the year of King Uzziah’s death, I saw the Lord seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly. 3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”
  • Ezek 10:4 : 4 Then the glory of the LORD arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
  • Acts 1:10-11 : 10 As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them 11 and said,“Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
  • Ezek 11:23 : 23 The glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stopped over the mountain east of it.
  • Acts 6:3 : 3 But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.
  • Acts 6:10 : 10 Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
  • Acts 13:9-9 : 9 But Saul(also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him 10 and said,“You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness– will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
  • 2 Cor 12:2-4 : 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago(whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I know that this man(whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows) 4 was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak.
  • Heb 8:1 : 1 The High Priest of a Better Covenant Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
  • Rev 4:1-3 : 1 The Amazing Scene in Heaven After these things I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said:“Come up here so that I can show you what must happen after these things.” 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit, and a throne was standing in heaven with someone seated on it! 3 And the one seated on it was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald encircled the throne.
  • Rev 21:11 : 11 The city possesses the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper.
  • 2 Pet 1:17 : 17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory:“This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted.”
  • Acts 6:8 : 8 Stephen is Arrested Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
  • Acts 4:8 : 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied,“Rulers of the people and elders,
  • Ezek 10:18 : 18 Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.
  • Ezek 1:26-28 : 26 Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man. 27 I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it, 28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

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  • Acts 7:56-60
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    56 “Look!” he said.“I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

    57 But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.

    58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.

    59 They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

    60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.

  • Acts 2:32-34
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    32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.

    33 So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.

    34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand

  • 15 All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

  • Acts 1:8-11
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    8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”

    9 After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

    10 As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them

    11 and said,“Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven.”

  • 19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

  • 9 But Saul(also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him

  • 69 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

  • 25 For David says about him,‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken.

  • 54 Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.

  • 64 Jesus said to him,“You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

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    30 The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree.

    31 God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

  • 62 “I am,” said Jesus,“and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

  • 7 (Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)

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    13 came to me and stood beside me and said to me,‘Brother Saul, regain your sight!’ And at that very moment I looked up and saw him.

    14 Then he said,‘The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

    15 because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

  • 14 Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

  • Acts 14:9-10
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    9 This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed,

    10 he said with a loud voice,“Stand upright on your feet.” And the man leaped up and began walking.

  • 22 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know–

  • 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.

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    7 Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong.

    8 He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

    9 All the people saw him walking and praising God,

  • 12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again.”

  • 22 who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.

  • 16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.

  • 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • 17 So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said,“Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

  • 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

  • 24 because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord.

  • 11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.

  • 20 And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’

  • 38 with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

  • 11 An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.

  • 8 Stephen is Arrested Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.

  • 3 So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

  • 17 When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

  • 11 Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me.