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Acts 6:15

Angels and the spiritual worldCourage and strength

13 where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

14 For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
KJV
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
WEB
All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.
ASV
And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
DARBY
And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as [the] face of an angel.
BLB
And having looked intently on him, all the ones sitting in the Council saw his face as the face of an angel.
ÅB
Og da alle de som satt i rådet, stirret på ham, så de hans ansikt som en engels ansikt.
OTB
Alle som satt i Sanhedrin så nøye på Stefanus, og de så at hans ansikt var som ansiktet til en engel.
B1930
Og da alle de som satt i rådet, stirret på ham, så de hans ansikt som en engels ansikt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Matthew 13:43

    Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:1

    Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

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  • Exodus 34:29–35

    And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.

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  • Matthew 17:2

    There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:18

    And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:7–8

    Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

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