Acts 7:56

Stephen declared he saw the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand. He publicly testified to the exalted Christ, the title Jesus used of Himself.

Cross-references · 16

• Matt 26:64–65“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
• Rev 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
• Acts 10:11He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
• Matt 3:16As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
• Rev 19:11Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
• Dan 7:13–14In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.
• Matt 16:27–28For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
• Rev 4:1After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
• Acts 10:16This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
• Luke 3:21When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,
• Mark 1:10As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.
• Matt 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
• John 1:51Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
• Matt 25:31When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
• John 5:22–27Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
• Ezek 1:1In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

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