50Did not my hand make all these things?
51Stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! Ye always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye. 52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers; 53who received the law as the ordinances of angels, and kept it not.
54Hearing these things, they were enraged in their hearts, and gnashed their teeth against him. 55But, being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked intently into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said: 56Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord; 58and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid off their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul, 59and stoned Stephen, calling and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And saying this, he fell asleep.
VIII. And Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all were scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles. 2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3But Saul laid waste the church, entering house after house, and dragging both men and women, committed them to prison.
4They, therefore, that were scattered, went abroad, preaching the word. 5And Philip went down to the city[5] of Samaria, and preached to them the Christ. 6And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to the things said by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he wrought. 7For out of many who had unclean spirits they went forth, crying with loud voice; and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed. 8And there was great joy in that city.
9But a certain man, named Simon, was in the city before, using sorcery, and bewitching the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one; 10to whom all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God[10]. 11And to him they gave heed, because for a long time they were bewitched by his sorceries. 12But when they believed Philip publishing the good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women. 13And Simon also himself believed; and having been immersed, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were wrought.
14And the apostles in Jerusalem, hearing that Samaria has received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John; 15who, having come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit; 16for he had not yet fallen upon any of them; but they had only been immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
18And Simon, seeing that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money, 19saying: Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. 20But Peter said to him: Thy money perish with thee; because thou didst think to obtain the gift of God with money: 21Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter[21]; for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee. 23For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity.
24And Simon answering, said: Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25They, therefore, having testified and spoken the word of the Lord, were returning to Jerusalem, and publishing the good news to many villages of the Samaritans. 26But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, and go down to the south, to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is desert.