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Wikis
Wikis
5:55 AM
@JonEricson: not sure how to narrow it. Can you help? Also, I thought the question was OK as it is. I mean, there is this whole speech when essentially Stephen was asked a yes/no question!
 
 
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Jon Ericson
Jon Ericson
3:49 PM
@Wikis That core of the question is good. Let me take a short at my answer and we'll see how it goes. ;-)
 
 
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Jon Ericson
Jon Ericson
7:02 PM
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A: Why did Stephen give such a long speech?

Jon EricsonActs 7 takes 8 to 9 minutes to read out loud and most of it is Stephen's speech. So that's a fairly long answer to the question "Are these things so?" However, Acts 6:8-15 makes clear that this speech is essentially Stephen's defense against a charge of blasphemy. From that perspective, he was...

 
Caleb
Caleb
7:32 PM
@JonEricson Very nice answer. The only drawback I see is that it balances the issues well enough that I'll have a harder time getting motivated to answer it myself.
 
Jon Ericson
Jon Ericson
@Caleb Crap. ;-)
I really would appreciate your insight into the culture, however.
Would a bounty help?
 
Caleb
Caleb
@JonEricson Ya. Towards the later half of July!
 
Jon Ericson
Jon Ericson
@Caleb It would be nice if we could post-date bounties. ;-)
 
Wikis
Wikis
8:22 PM
@JonEricson: thank you for your answer, I'm going to take some time to digest it!
 

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