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In the figure of Peter, Acts has shown continuity with Jesus' ministry of healing and preaching. In Stephen, Actshas shown continuity with Jesus' death.
Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says that the death of Stephen in Acts matches closely the death of Jesus in Luke. Both accounts speak of the Son of Man at the right hand of God (Luke 22:69; Acts 7:56); both have a prayer for the forgiveness of those who are effecting this execution ( Luke 23:34a; Acts 7:60); both have the dying figure commend his spirit heavenward (Luke 23:46; Acts 7:59).
Just as Jesus' death was not the end, because the apostles would receive his Spirit to carry on the work, so also the death of Stephen was not the end, for observing is a young man named Saul who will continue the work of Stephen.
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