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Acts 6:15

Angels and the spiritual worldCourage and strength

13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

And 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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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.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 13:43

    Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:1

    Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

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  • Exodus 34:29–35

    And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

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  • Matthew 17:2

    And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:18

    But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:7–8

    But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

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