Acts 6:15

And all they who were sitting in the council looked upon him, and they beheld his face, as the face of an angel.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 say, that this Jesus the Nazarean will destroy this place, and will change the rites which Moses delivered to you.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:43Then will the righteous shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the ministration of death was engraved upon stones in writing, and was so glorious that the children of Israel could not look on the face of Moses, on account of the glory upon his face which vanished away;

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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