"He hath spoken blasphemously against Moses and against this holy place, even as hath already been said in your hearing, declaring that God regardeth neither this temple nor the holy city of Jerusalem, inasmuch as the Lord Jesus did in his lifetime pronounce against them anathema; he also----"
"Hold! How is it that thou dost call the Nazarene Lord? Art thou also one of them?"
The witness turned pale. He cast a murderous look at Stephen. "No," he said fiercely. "I but repeat the word which these men make use of in their blasphemous harangues to the people; the words slipped from me unawares."
"Proceed."
"He hath declared that neither by laws of man's devising nor by temples of man's building can Jehovah be pleased. That all these things shall be brought to naught; but that the words of the Nazarene shall remain."
"Enough! There is no need for further testimony. Let the accused stand forth."
Stephen obeyed. And all that sat in the Council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE LIFTED VEIL.
Then said the High Priest, after the manner of the formal procedure, "Are these things so?"