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Acts 6:15 KJV
Acts · chapter 6 · verse 15
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.Acts 6:15 · King James Version
Acts 6:15 in context
13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
15And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
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Key words (Strong's)
- stedfastlyatenizōto fix the eyes on, gaze upon, to look into anything, metaph. to fix one s mind on one as…G816 →
- councilsynedrionany assembly , whether convened to deliberate or pass judgment, any session or assembly…G4892 →
- faceprosōponthe face, the front of the human head, countenance, look, the face so far forth as it is…G4383 →
- satkathezomaito sit down, seat one's self, sitG2516 →
- saweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
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Stephen, no doubt was diligent and faithful in the discharge of his office as distributor of the church's charity, and laid out himself to put that affair in a good method, which he did to universal satisfaction;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-15