What did Stephen tell Israel before his death?
Stephen appealed to the nation of Israel to realize and believe that the one they had killed was indeed the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of the living God. He called them to acknowledge this truth before they stoned him to death.
Les teaches that Stephen, like Peter and the eleven before him, was appealing to the nation of Israel. They had been called to repent of killing their Messiah, and Stephen urged them to realize and believe that the one they had killed was indeed the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of the living God. Instead of believing, they stoned him. At his death, Saul of Tarsus was present, and the people laid their cloaks at his feet, introducing Saul as a Pharisee who hated the name of Jesus of Nazareth.