Acts 6:10

And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

In Context

9But there arose some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, both of the Cyrenians and the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, debating with Stephen.

11Then they secretly instigated men to say, “We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

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Cross References

Luke 1:17And he himself will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘ to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Luke 21:15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict, nor to withstand.

Matthew Henry on Acts 6:9-15

Stephen's Address. 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. 9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. 12 And they stirred up the… Read the whole commentary →

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