Acts 6:10

And they were not able to contradict the chochmah and the Ruach Hakodesh with which he was speaking.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9But some of the men from the shul called the Beit Knesset of the Meshuchrarim (the Freedmen) and the Cyrenians and the Alexandrians, and the ones from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stefanos,

11Then they secretly induced anashim to say, We have heard him commit Chillul Hashem in the words he spoke keneged (against) Moshe Rabbenu and Hashem. + 6:11 1Kgs 21:10

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Cross References

Job 32:8But there is a ruach in enosh, 1 and the neshamat Shaddai giveth them binah. 1

Isaiah 54:17No keli (weapon, instrument) that is formed 1 against thee shall prosper; 1 and every leshon (tongue) that shall rise against thee in mishpat (judgment, accusation) 1 tarshi'i (thou shalt condemn, prove false, refute, prove wrong). 1 This is the nachalat avdei Hashem (the heritage of the servants of Hashem ), 1 and their tzedakah (righteousness, vindication) is from Me, saith Hashem.

Jeremiah 15:20And I will make thee unto HaAm Hazeh (this people) 1 a fortified chomat nechoshet; 1 and they shall fight against thee, 1 but they shall not prevail against thee; 1 for I am with thee to save thee 1 and to deliver thee, saith Hashem. 1

Micah 3:8But truly I am full of ko'ach 1 by the Ruach + 3:8 Hakodesh of Hashem, and of mishpat, and of gevurah (might), 1 to preach unto Ya'akov his peysha, 1 and to Yisroel his chattat. + 3:8 Isa 53:5,8,12 1

Luke 1:17And he will go forth before Adonoi in the ruach (spirit) and koach (power) of Eliyahu HaNavi, VEHESHIV LEV AVOT AL BANIM (And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the children) + 1:17 Mal 3:23 and those without mishma'at (obedience) he will turn to the chochmah of the tzaddikim to prepare for Adonoi an Am (People) having been made ready. + 1:17 Mal 3:23,24

Luke 21:15For I will give to you a peh (mouth) and chochmah which none of your mitnaggedim will be able to resist or to contradict.

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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