More wisdom from Steve Ray

When Stephen says he sees the Son of Man seated at the right hand, the Sadducees draw allusions; they know these passages. If I were to say to you, “O say can you see,” and stop: What just went through your minds? A flag waving, cannons, the Revolutionary War, independence. All that went through your minds, but I didn’t say that. If I say, “O say can you see,” to someone in Bangladesh, they’ll say, “See what?” But when I say it to you, you are culturally literate. When Jesus or Stephen or any of the others used these kinds of buzzwords in the New Testament, the Jews understood. The psalm continued in their heads, they knew these passages. Not only do they see that Jesus is seated at the right hand of God, but the next thing is what? “Til I make my enemies a footstool.” You Sadducees are going to be a footstool for him!

—STEVE RAY from Acts of the Apostles