Sir William Ramsay, himself a brilliant scholar, a master of classical learning, intimately acquainted with the work of most of the great men of genius of the ancient Greek and Roman civilization, after thirty years spent in studying the life and writings of the Apostle Paul, accompanied by many extended examinations of the country of Asia Minor in which Paul extensively labored, concluded, "Of all the men of the first century, incomparably the most influential was the Apostle Paul. No one man exercised anything like so much power as he did in molding the future of the Empire. Among the imperial ministers of the period there appeared none that had any claim to the name of statesman except Seneca, and Seneca fell as far short of Paul in practical influence and intellectual insight as he did in moral character.
8Si Esteban ay puspos ng pananampalataya at kapangyarihan. Siya ay gumawa ng mga dakilang kamangha-manghang gawa at dakilang mga tanda sa kalagitnaan ng mga tao. 9Ngunit may mga tumindig na mga nasa bahay sambahan na tinatawag na mga Malaya. Tumindig din ang mga taga-Cerene, ang mga taga-Alexandria at ang mga mula sa Cilicia at Asya. Sila ay nakikipagtalo kay Esteban. 10Hindi sila makatanggi sa karunungan at sa espiritu na kung saan si Esteban ay nangungusap.