Acts 6:15

The eyes of all the members of the Council were riveted on Stephen, and they saw his face looking like the face of an angel.

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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

14indeed, we have heard him declare that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and change the customs handed down to us by Moses.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:43Then will the righteous shine, like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. If you have ears, listen.

2 Corinthians 3:7If the system of religion which involved death, embodied in a written Law and engraved on stones, began amid such glory, that the Israelites were unable to gaze at the face of Moses because of its glory, though it was but a passing glory,

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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