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Acts 6:10

WisdomThe Holy Spirit

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.

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 people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

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BSB
but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
KJV
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
WEB
They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
ASV
And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.
DARBY
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
BLB
And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by whom he was speaking.
ÅB
og de var ikke i stand til å stå seg mot den visdom og den Ånd han talte av.
OTB
Men de kunne ikke motstå visdommen og Ånden som han talte med.
B1930
og de var ikke i stand til å stå sig mot den visdom og den Ånd han talte av.

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Cross references

  • Luke 21:15

    For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

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  • 1 Corinthians 2:4

    And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

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  • Matthew 10:19–20

    But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

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  • John 7:46

    The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

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  • Luke 12:11–12

    And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

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  • Job 32:8

    But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

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  • Exodus 4:12

    Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

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  • Luke 1:17

    And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

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