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Act 6:14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and
shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

The temple will be destroyed, but it won’t be by Jesus. Jesus never said He would destroy the
temple, and neither did the early church. The temple would be destroyed later by the Romans
(Luke 21: 20-24). And by this time, the customs and ceremonies were already changing

because Jesus fulfilled them all.

STEPHEN’S FACE SHINES

Act 6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been
the face of an angel.

The men in the courtroom cannot take their eyes off Stephen. God’s sense of humor is now
displayed. The council has used Moses as evidence against Stephen, but God uses the same
confirmation of His presence with Stephen as He had with Moses: Stephen is covered with the

glory of God, and his face begins to shine just as Moses’ face had (Exodus 34:30). The disciples
have also observed this same manifestation of the glory of God, when Moses appeared before
Jesus on the mountain (Matthew 17:2).