35“So God sent back the same man his people had previously rejected when they demanded, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, God sent Moses to be their ruler and savior.
Acts 7 records Stephen's defense before the Sanhedrin, the longest speech in Acts. Rather than a legal defense, Stephen retells Israel's story from Abraham to Solomon, highlighting a recurring pattern: God's people resist His messengers and miss His presence. The speech culminate
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