7:51. You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost. As your fathers did, so do you also. 7:52. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them who foretold of the coming of the Just One: of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers. 7:53. Who have received the law by the disposition of angels and have not kept it. 7:54. Now hearing these things, they were cut to the heart: and they gnashed with their teeth at him. 7:55. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 7:56. And they, crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears and with one accord ran violently upon him. 7:57. And casting him forth without the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul. 7:58. And they stoned Stephen, invoking and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 7:59. And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not his sin to their charge: And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death. Acts Chapter 8 Philip converts the Samaritans and baptizes the eunuch. 8:1. And at that time, there was raised a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem. And they were all dispersed through the countries of Judea, and Samaria, except the apostles. 8:2. And devout men took order for Stephen's funeral and made great mourning over him. 8:3. But Saul made havock of the church, entering in from house to house: and dragging away men and women, committed them to prison. 8:4. They therefore that were dispersed went about preaching the word of God. 8:5. And Philip, going down to the city of Samaria, preached Christ unto them. 8:6. And the people with one accord were attentive to those things which were said by Philip, hearing, and seeing the miracles which he did. 8:7. For many of them who had unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, went out. 8:8. And many, taken with the palsy, and that were lame, were healed. 8:9. There was therefore great joy in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon who before had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one: 8:10. To whom they all gave ear, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the power of God, which is called great. 8:11. And they were attentive to him, because, for a long time, he had bewitched them with his magical practices. 8:12. But when they had believed Philip preaching of the kingdom of God, in the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.