27 — Person: Stephen

Number: 27

Person: Stephen

Action: Preaching before the council; stones falling upon him

Object: Stones

Scripture connection: Acts 7 — Stephen's speech before the Sanhedrin; Acts 7:58 — they cast him out of the city and stoned him. The first martyr — he saw the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing.

Memory hook: 27 = Bet-Zayin — house + weapon. Stephen the first martyr — the stones that kill him are the weapon; the house (council) that condemns him. One man, one testimony unto death.

Why this number? 27 = Bet-Zayin; first martyr (Acts 7). Stephen is stoned; the number 27 ties the deacon and martyr to the Hebrew letter pair.