One of seven deacons chosen to care for the elderly Hellenist widows, he believed Moses to be both ruler and deliverer, and in Acts 7:48 he condemned the building of the temple as idolatry. Challenged
One of seven deacons chosen to care for the elderly Hellenist widows, he believed Moses to be both ruler and deliverer, and in Acts 7:48 he condemned the building of the temple as idolatry. Challenged to a dispute by a coalition including the Libertines and Alexandrians, they would later coerce people into testifying that he blasphemed. Speaking in front of the Sanhedrin, he looked up and claimed to see the Son of Man standing beside God, and upon saying this he was taken out of the city and stoned to death. FTP, identify this saint, the first Christian martyr.
One of seven deacons chosen to care for the elderly Hellenist widows, he believed Moses to be both ruler and deliverer, and in Acts 7:48 he condemned the building of the temple as idolatry.