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( See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4).
Looking stedfastly on him - Fixing the eyes intently on him. They were probably attracted by the unusual appearance of the man, his meekness, his...
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, (i) saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. (i) By this it appears that Steven...
Attack on Stephen. This Hellenist Christian draws upon himself the attention of the people. He was full of grace; the inspiration which gave him hi...
looking stedfastly . fastening their eyes. App-133. Compare Acts 1:10 . saw. App-133. as it had been . as if.
15. And when they had beheld. Men do commonly in places of judgment turn their eyes toward the party arraigned, when as they look for his de...
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. Saw his face, as it had been the face o...
Saw his face, &c.— Many commentators interpret this as a proverbial expression of the majesty and beauty of his countenance, arising from the t...
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. And all that sat in the council...
Stephen and the Seven 1-7. The Hebrew-speaking Jews, who were in a majority in the Church of Jerusalem, were inclined to despise and neglect the m...
The preaching, miracles, and arrest of Stephen. The reason why the preaching of Stephen gave so much greater offence than that of the Twelve proba...
The face of an angel ] This description is probably due to St. Paul, who was doubtless present: cp. Acts 7:58 .
Looking stedfastly on him. — St Luke’s characteristic word. (See Note on Acts 1:10 .) Saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. — We ca...
Chapter 11 HONESTY AND PRETENCE IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH Acts 4:36-37 ; Acts 6:1-6 THE exact period in the history of the apostolic Church at...
Meeting Murmuring within and Persecution Without Acts 6:1-15 The Grecians here mentioned were Jews who had lived abroad and spoke Greek. There...
The story alternates between the opposition of the outside crowd and the condition of the Church in its own borders. A difficulty arose concerning th...
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...
REFLECTIONS Reader! ponder well even in this golden age of the Church, how tarnished with abuse the Lord's mercies were, when murmurings arose from...
And all that sat in the council ,.... The whole sanhedrim, looking steadfastly on him ; to observe whether his countenance altered, his tongue sta...
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. Ver. 15. As it had been the face of...
And all that sat in the council The priests, rulers, scribes, and elders; looking steadfastly on him As being a stranger, and one whom they had n...
A second time, however, difficulty arises from within Satan's enmity from without was clearly evident. In Ch.5.1-3 Satan had sought to underhandedly...
Stephen's Address. 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and...
With an extraordinary lustre and radiancy, above what appears in men, whereby they might be distinguished, as Matthew 28:2,3 , affecting the behol...
The Preaching and Martyrdom of Stephen (6:8-7:60). It is one of the exciting things about serving God that we never know what He is going to do ne...
‘And all who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.' But when Stephen came before them t...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 6:8 . Faith .—According to the best texts should be grace ( Acts 4:33 ); the change having probably been made to corresp...
Acts 6 ; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually rep...
Acts 6:11-15 The first Christian Martyr. Look: I. At Stephen as a man. The third verse gives us to understand that he was a man of "honest report...
Acts 6:15 The Angel-face on Man There are certain things common to the angel-face on man, amid all the endless variety of type and form certain t...
Acts 6:1 . A murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews. The original word here rendered Grecians is Hellenists; from Hellen, son of Deucalio...
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. The last first I. The points in which Stephen was last....
Then they suborned men. The accusation of Stephen I. Its authors ( Acts 6:9 ). Observe here-- 1. That moral perversity is common to men of e...
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly upon him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel The martyr of Jesus I. Stephen’s c...
EXPOSITION Acts 6:1 Now in these for and in those, A.V. (it is not ἐκείναις , answering to מהֵהָ מימַיָבַּ, but ταύταις); multiply...
The Testimony of Stephen. Acts 6:9-15
And all that sat in the Council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. The activity which Stephen displaye...
2 Corinthians 3:18 ; 2 Corinthians 3:7 ; 2 Corinthians 3:8 ; Ecclesiastes 8:1 ; Exodus 34:29-35 ; Matthew 13:43 ; Matthew 17:2
As the face of an angel — Covered with supernatural lustre. They reckoned his preaching of Jesus to be the Christ was destroying Moses and the law;...
15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.