Acts 6:15

All who sat in the council, looking intently at him, saw his face like the face of an angel.

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In The King James Version

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

In Context

14for we have heard him saying that this Jesus the Natsorean will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses delivered to us.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:43Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones, came with glory—so that the children of Israel could not gaze at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance (that was fading)—

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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