Stephen the Protomartyr
Stephen is appointed among the Seven, performs signs, disputes with opponents, testifies before the council, sees the Son of Man in glory, and is killed while praying for his persecutors.
Scripture
- Acts 6:1-7 — Stephen is chosen among the Seven for the community's ministry.
- Acts 6:8-15 — Stephen's witness leads to accusation and arrest.
- Acts 7:1-60 — Stephen's speech, vision, martyrdom, and prayer for his killers.
- Acts 8:1-4 — Stephen's death is followed by persecution and wider scattering of the word.