We just learned about Ananias of Damascus, one of the Seventy Disciples.
Another of the seventy is Saint Stephen.
After Jesus died on the cross, Stephen was telling people about him and some of the leaders who did not like Jesus were getting angry.
They told some people to tell lies about Stephen, which made other people very angry.
Stephen was put on trial in front of everyone where he told the truth and talked about Jesus.
This made the leaders who did not like Jesus even more angry, and they threw stones at him and killed him.
Because he was killed for believing in Jesus, he is called the first martyr.
A martyr is someone who is killed because of something they believe in.
(from: wikipedia - saint stephen)
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