Acts 7:54
And, while they were hearing these things, they were being pierced in their hearts, and began gnashing their teeth against him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
In Context
53Who, indeed, received the law through ranks of messengers,—and guarded it not.
Cross References
Job 16:9His anger, hath torn and persecuted me, He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth, Mine adversary, hath sharpened his eyes for me.
Psalms 112:10The lawless one, shall see, and be indignant, his teeth, will he gnash and melt away, The craving of the lawless, shall vanish.
Matthew 8:12Whereas, the sons of the kingdom, shall be cast forth into the darkness outside,—There, will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:50and will cast them into the furnace of fire: there, will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 24:51And will cut him asunder; and, his part, with the hypocrites, will appoint: There, shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth!
Luke 13:28There, will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, as soon as ye see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and, yourselves, being thrust forth outside.
Matthew Henry on Acts 7:52-54
Stephen's Address. 51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. Stephen was going on in his discourse (as it should seem by the thread of it) to show that, as the temple,… Read the whole commentary →