Acts 7:54
But when they heard these things, their hearts were filled with rage, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
Noyes Bible
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
53ye who received the Law as ordained through angels, and did not keep it.
Cross References
Job 16:9His anger teareth my flesh, and pursueth me; He gnasheth upon me with his teeth; My adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see, and be grieved; He shall gnash his teeth, and melt away; The desire of the wicked shall perish.
Matthew 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will go out into the outer darkness; there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:50and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:51and will cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites; there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 13:28There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth there, when ye see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.
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 →