{We have heard him say} (ak(886b)oamen autou legontos). The
only direct testimony and evidently wrong. Curiously like the
charge brought against Jesus before Caiaphas that he would
destroy the temple and build it again in three days. Undoubtedly
Stephen had said something about Christianity before as meant for
others besides Jews. He had caught the spirit of Jesus about
worship as shown to the woman at Sychar in  Joh 4  that God is
spirit and to be worshipped by men anywhere and everywhere
without having to come to the temple in Jerusalem. It was
inflammable material surely and it was easy to misrepresent and
hard to clear up. {This Jesus of Nazareth} (I(8873)ous ho Naz(9372)aios
houtos). With contempt.