Stephen retells Moses' encounter with God, and then reminds his hearers that the Israelites of the time said to Moses "who made you ruler and judge?". Ie the same sort of criticisms the Jews made of Jesus. Moses was clearly chosen by God, and this was recognised by all the Jews. He did perform miracles, and he did lead the Israelites out of slavery.
Stephen then reminds them that this same Moses who the religious leaders were so proud of having allegiance to had said that God would send another prophet. The clear implication is that Moses was talking about Jesus.
Then we read of how the Israelites disobeyed Moses. Indeed, it would not be unfair to summarise the Old Testament as a record of Israel's sins against God (I know it is more than that, but it does sum up an awful lot of the OT).
Israel has a track record of rejecting God's servants.
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