Acts 7:55 KJV

Acts · chapter 7 · verse 55

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,Acts 7:55 · King James Version

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Acts 7:55 in context

53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

54When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

56And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

57Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

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Commentary

We have here the death of the first martyr of the Christian church, and there is in this story a lively instance of the outrage and fury of the persecutors (such as we may expect to meet with if we are called out to suffer for Christ), and of the courage and comfort of the persecuted, that are thus called out.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 54-60

Cross references

Mark 16:19

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 →
standinghistēmito cause or make to stand, to place, put, set, to bid to stand by, [set up], in the…G2476 →
heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
Ghostpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
glorydoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
JesusiēsousJesus = &quot Jehovah is salvation&quot , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →

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