Acts 6:15

And all men that sat in the council beheld him, and saw his face as the face of an angel.

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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 heard him saying, That this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the traditions, which Moses betook (or delivered) to us.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is such as a wise man? and who knoweth the solving, either expounding, of a word? The wisdom of a man shineth in his cheer; and the mightiest shall change his face, (or The wisdom of a person shineth in their face; and maketh even the mightiest to change his expression, or his countenance).

Matthew 13:43Then just men shall shine as the sun, in the realm of their Father (or in their Father’s Kingdom). He that hath ears of hearing, hear he.

2 Corinthians 3:7And if the ministration of death written by letter (s) in stones was in glory, so that the children of Israel might not behold into the face of Moses, for the glory of his face, which [glory] is voided (or is done 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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