A few observations for your morning meditation:
1. v. 9-11: The tactic used against Stephen is still common within the religious community today. Stephen’s opponents “secretly instigated men” to slander him by leading with a accusation (“heard him speak blasphemous words...”).
1. v. 9-11: The tactic used against Stephen is still common within the religious community today. Stephen’s opponents “secretly instigated men” to slander him by leading with a accusation (“heard him speak blasphemous words...”).
Why?
2. v. 12: The passage seems to imply that the effect “stirred up” the leaders and the people. The purpose of slander is cause others to view that person in a negative light.
So before the people had any proof of guilt, they were engineered with slander to hate Stephen.
2. v. 12: The passage seems to imply that the effect “stirred up” the leaders and the people. The purpose of slander is cause others to view that person in a negative light.
So before the people had any proof of guilt, they were engineered with slander to hate Stephen.
3. v. 13 Finally, they use false witness testimony. But notice they repeat the same tactic used earlier by framing the narrative in such a way where guilt precedes proof (“never ceases to speak words against this holy place...) and is followed by a distorted version of the truth.
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