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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Remember that when you call anyone a Pharisee, you call yourself Jesus. And I don't think you mean that in the sense of being a God-man.
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Perhaps then Stephen was reprimanded by Christ after his martyrdom for calling the assembly of the Sanhedrin "stiff-necked people". Whether this was a righteous judgment or an unwarranted personal attack, it got him killed.