我們聽到的對聖斯德望的指控，幾乎與祭司們對耶穌的指控如出一轍。

這些指控本質上反映了每種文化在面對自身地位可能低於與耶穌的個人關係時所感受到的恐懼。

這種恐懼反過來又表明，各種文化都渴望被視為神聖和絕對的。

當一個人發現耶穌給他的愛遠勝於任何文化所能給予的，那麼對他而言，文化就不再是他身分認同的來源。

我們這些信奉耶穌的人，並非否定我們的文化；文化只是成為我們歸向耶穌的方式。

畢竟，強盜對耶穌說的話意義非凡：「主啊，求你記念我。」耶穌永遠記念我們。

又有哪一種文化能夠像耶穌一樣記念我們呢？

The accusations that we hear against St. Steven are almost the same as the ones the priests leveled against Jesus. Basically, these accusations show the fear every culture feels when confronted with the risk of becoming less important than the personal relationship with Jesus. This fear in turn shows that cultures want to be considered divine and absolute. When somebody discovers that the love Jesus offers him is greater than what any culture can give, then for him culture is not anymore the source of his identity. We, who believe in Jesus, do not refuse our culture; it simply becomes our way to belong to Jesus. After all, the words of the thief to Jesus have a decisive importance: Lord, please remember me. Jesus remembers us forever. Is any culture able to do something similar for us?