Suddenly breaking away from the train of history that he was following, and turning upon his infuriated judges, he cried: "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it."

Pludselig forlod han den historiske redegørelse, han var midt i, og idet han vendte sig til sine ophidsede dommere, råbte han: "I stivnakkede og uomskårne på hjerter og øren! Altid sætter I jer op imod Helligånden som jeres fædre, således I. Hvem af profeterne har jeres fædre ikke forfulgt? de dræbte dem, som forud forkyndte, at den Retfærdige skulle komme, og hans forrædere og mordere er I blevet. I modtog loven, formidlet ved engle, men I har ikke holdt den!"