Acts 7:54
And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and gnashed the teeth at him;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
In Context
53who received the Law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep [it].”
Cross References
Job 16:9His anger has torn, and He hates me, || He has gnashed at me with His teeth, || My adversary sharpens His eyes for me.
Psalms 112:10The wicked sees, and has been angry, || He gnashes his teeth, and has melted, || The desire of the wicked perishes!
Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness—there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.”
Matthew 13:50and will cast them into the furnace of the fire; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.”
Matthew 24:51and will cut him off, and will appoint his portion with the hypocrites; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.”
Luke 13:28There will be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth when you may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being cast outside;
Matthew Henry on Acts 7:52-54
Stephen's Address. 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. Stephen was going on in his discourse (as it should seem by the thread of it) to show that, as the temple,… Read the whole commentary →