Acts 6:15

And having stared intently at him, all the ones sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his ponem looking like the face of a malach.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Yehoshua from Natzeret will destroy this place + 6:14 the Beis Hamikdash and will change the chukim of the Torah which Moshe Rabbenu handed down to us.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is the chacham? 1 And who knoweth the pesher (interpretation, explanation) of a thing? 1 A manʼs chochmah maketh his face bright, 1 and the rudeness of his face is changed.

Matthew 13:43Then the tzaddikim will shine as the shemesh (sun) in the Malchut of their Father. The one having oznayim (spiritual ears), let him hear.

2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the Sherut avodas kodesh (ministry) of mavet chiseled in letters engraved on luchot of stone came with kavod, so that the Bnei Yisroel were not able to gaze into the face of Moshe + 3:7 Rabbeinu because of P'NI MOSHE KI KARON + 3:7 Ex 34:35 (face of Moshe Rabbeinu that he was radiant) because of the kavod of his face, the kavod which is fading, + 3:7 Ex 34:29-34

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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