Acts 6:15

(And all that were sitting in the council, looking stedfastly at him, saw his face like the face of an angel.)

1770 John Worsley NT

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 of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and change the rites which Moses delivered to us.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:43But the righteous shall then shine forth 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 which was in writing, and engraven on stones, was so glorious that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly on the face of Moses, because of the lustre of his countenance, which was to be taken 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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