Acts 6:10

But they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.

Text-Critical English NT

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 men from the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), along with some of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some men from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and began to argue with Stephen.

11Then they induced some men to say, “We heard Stephen speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”

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Cross References

Luke 1:17And he will go before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers back to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Luke 21:15For I will give you a mouth to speak and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to refute or resist.

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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