Acts 7 gives the account of Stephen, who was martyred for his stand for Christ. Stephen was a leader among the hellenistic jewish Christians in the early church, a servant who also had a unique prophetic gift.
In this narrative Luke tells how Stephen, who was called before the religious council because he had been preaching about Christ and working miracles in his name, ended up accusing the religious leaders of being "stiff-necked" and of murdering God's One and Only Son.
For this they took him out of the city, pushed him off a precipice, and stoned him to death.
As he lay dying, Stephen exclaimed that he saw the Risen Christ standing in heaven. Every other reference to Christ in heaven has him seated. Why did Christ stand in this moment? Was it to honor Stephen?
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