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Acts 7:54
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Verse 54. _THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART_] διεπριοντο, They _were sawn_ _through_. Acts 5:33, Acts 5:33. _THEY GNASHED ON HIM WITH THEIR TEETH._] They were determined to hear him no longer; were filled...
THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART - They were exceedingly enraged and indignant. The whole course of the speech had been such as to excite their anger, and now they could restrain themselves no longer. THEY...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Address of Stephen (Acts 7:1)._ 2. The Martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7:54). This is the largest chapter in this book and concludes the first section. Stephen is the chosen instrumen...
ACTS 7:54 TO ACTS 8:1_ A_. DEATH OF STEPHEN. The speech of Stephen cuts the hearers to the quick. It is not said that they interrupted him; the speech is complete, but their apparent and vehement ange...
STEPHEN'S DEFENCE (Acts 7:1-7) When Oliver Cromwell was outlining the education he thought necessary for his son Richard, he said, "I would have him know a little history." It was to the lesson of hi...
As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and he gazed steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God...
CUT. Greek. _diapriomai,_ as in Acts 5:33. GNASHED, &C.. were gnashing their teeth on him. Greek. _brucho_ Only here. An onomatopoeic word, like _brugmos._ Matthew 8:12, &c. Both are medical words....
Acts 7:54 TO ACTS 8:1. Effect of the Speech. Death of Stephen 54. _When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart_ There is a conjunction in the original which is not expressed in the Englis...
EFFECT OF THE SPEECH. DEATH OF STEPHEN...
ἈΚΟΎΟΝΤΕΣ ΔῈ ΤΑΥ͂ΤΑ ΔΙΕΠΡΊΟΝΤΟ Κ.Τ.Λ., _now when they heard these things they were cut to the heart_. On the verb, which is only found here and in Acts 7:33, see note there. It expresses the sort of c...
_STEPHEN, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR ACTS 7:51-60:_ Stephen charged the people with: (1) being stiff necked, (2) uncircumcised in heart, (3) resisting the Holy Ghost, and (4) failing to keep the word...
ΆΚΟΎΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (temp.), см._ Acts 7:34. ΔΙΕΠΡΊΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΔΙΑΠΡΊΩ (G1282) задевать за живое (_см._ Acts 5:33). Inch. _impf._ ΈΒΡΥΧΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΒΡΎΧΩ (G1031) ку...
54-60. The exasperation of the Sanhedrim was the more intense, from the fact that the denunciation hurled upon them was not a sudden burst of passion, but the deliberate and sustained announcement of...
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS, THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART, AND THEY GNASHED ON HIM WITH THEIR TEE...
41 Idolatry is, etymologically, the offering of divine service to that which can be perceived by the senses. In this way, all objects of worship, even if they are supposed to be representations of the...
DEFENCE AND MARTYRDOM OF STEPHEN 1-53. Speech of Stephen. There is every reason to believe that this speech was really delivered by St. Stephen, and not composed by St. Luke; for, (1) the speech does...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 7 STEPHEN’S SPEECH, PART 1: ABRAHAM’S *FAITH IN GOD, 7:1-8 V1 The *high priest asked Stephen, ‘Is this true?’ V2 Stephen replied, ‘Listen, brot...
THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART. — Literally, _were sawn through and through._ (See Note on Acts 5:33.) The word describes a keener pang than the “pricked” of Acts 2:37, producing, not repentance, but the...
No charge could have been more hateful to such an audience, _cf._ our Lord's words, John 7:19; see Schürer, _Jewish People_, vol ii., div. ii., p. 90 ff., E.T. Schürer twice quotes St. Paul's words, p...
A MARTYR'S GLORIOUS DEATH Acts 7:47-60 Words like these could not be forgiven. The growing irritation of the audience seems to have extorted those burning remonstrances, and to have hastened the fin...
The charge against Stephen was that he had spoken against the Temple and the Law. His reply consisted of a masterly review of the history of the nation from the calling of Abraham to the rejection of...
Stephen Slain For Preaching the Truth Like their fathers before them, Stephen accused the members of the council of having necks so rock hard that they could not bow before God. Though they had been c...
(8) When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth. (8) The more Satan is pressed, the more he breaks out into an open rage....
_They were cut to the heart: exasperated even to rage and madness. See chap. v, ver. 33. gnashing their teeth with indignation. (Witham)_...
STEPHEN'S MARTYRDOM 54. The officers of the Sanhedrin, clerical and laymen, are torn all to pieces by the straight, awful truth enunciated by Stephen. They get so mad that they grit their teeth. I wit...
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. (52) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
54._When they heard. _The beginning of the action had in it some color of judgment; but at length the judges cannot bridle their fury. First, they interrupt him with murmuring and noise, now they brea...
Stephen, [11] as far as we are told, had not known the Lord during His life on earth. Certainly he was not appointed, like the apostles, to be a witness of that life. He was simply the instrument of t...
WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS,.... How that Abraham, the father of them, was called before he was circumcised, or the law was given to Moses, or the temple was built, which they were so bigoted to, and...
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with _their_ teeth. Ver. 54. _They were cut to the heart_] But that I believe that God and all his saints will take r...
_When they heard these things_ These plain, and undeniable, and alarming truths; _they were cut to the heart_ Or sawn asunder, the original word being the same that is used chap. Acts 5:33. And not pe...
CUT TO THE HEART; exceedingly enraged....
The high priest only asks the question, "Are these things so?" Then God provides room for Stephen to speak without interruption for some time. This stands in striking contrast to the way in which the...
WHEN THEY HEARD THESE THINGS THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART, AND THEY GNASHED AT HIM WITH _THEIR_ TEETH. 1. In Acts 2:37 they were "cut to the heart" and sought how to be forgiven of their sins. 2. Here...
Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 'CUT TO THE HEART'-(Acts 5:33) 'GNASHED ON HIM WITH THEIR TEETH'-'to gnash or grind the teeth'...
54-60 Nothing is so comfortable to dying saints, or so encouraging to suffering saints, as to see Jesus at the right hand of God: blessed be God, by faith we may see him there. Stephen offered up two...
See ACTS 5:33. THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART; they were angry to madness. THEY GNASHED ON HIM WITH THEIR TEETH: gnashing of teeth is the curse of the damned, MATTHEW 8:12, which men by their sins do prep...
54-60. The exasperation of the Sanhedrim was the more intense, from the fact that the denunciation hurled upon them was not a sudden burst of passion, but the deliberate and sustained announcement of...
Acts 7:54 When G1161 heard G191 (G5723) things G5023 cut G1282 (G5712) heart G846 G2588 and...
THE FINAL CONCLUSION (7:54-60). Learned judges do not like those who are on trial trying to convict them of being criminals, and as they were unwilling to admit that they were wrong the result was in...
‘Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.' The verbs here are very powerful. ‘Cut to the heart' indicates that his words had gone home, f...
Acts 7:54. AND THEY GNASHED ON HIM WITH THEIR TEETH. Bitterly as the Sanhedrim felt the sting of Stephen's reproachful words, as yet they had not proceeded to open violence; this was not used until th...
WHEN THEY HEARD (ακουοντες). Present active participle of ακουω, while hearing.THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART (διεπριοντο ταις καρδιαις). See Acts 5:33 where the same word and form (imperfect passive...
WHEN THEY HEARD They had brought false witnesses against Stephen; he bears true witness against them, quoting the testimony of writers they owned to be inspired. He speaks of the persistent rejection...
Acts 6; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of each o...
CONTENTS: Address of Stephen before the council. Stephen martyred. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Stephen, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Pharaoh, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Aaron, Solomon, Sau...
The scope and design of St. Stephen's defence before the council will be better understood, if it be properly analyzed. The rulers construed his defence to import, that the glory of their temple shoul...
THEY BECAME FURIOUS. Satan uses their own sense of guilt to drive them insane with anger! Compare notes on _Revelation 9_....
_When they heard these things they were cut to the heart._ THE PROCEDURE AGAINST STEPHEN I. The narrative. Full of faith and power, he did great wonders and miracles among the people. He is, therefor...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 7:54. CUT TO THE HEART.—See on Acts 7:33. The word describes a keener pang than “pricked “in Acts 2:37. GNASHED ON HIM WITH THEIR TEETH.—Lit. _snapped their teeth against him_,...
EXPOSITION ACTS 7:1 _And the high priest said _for then _said the high priest, _A.V. The high priest spoke as president of the Sanhedrim (see Acts 9:1. Acts 9:1 and...
Let's turn tonight to Acts chapter 7. In the early church when a dispute arose among the Grecians--that is, those Jews of the Grecian culture. They were actually Jews, but they had followed the Grecia...
Acts 22:22; Acts 22:23; Acts 5:33; Job 16:9; Lamentations 2:16;...
They were cut. See on ch. Acts 5:33. In both instances, of anger. A different word is used to express remorse, ch. 2 37. Gnashed [ε β ρ υ χ ο ν]. Originally to eat greedily, with a noise, as wild bea...
STEPHEN'S LAST WORDS AND MARTYRDOM Acts 7:44 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us, by way of opening word, speak a few words on two great benefactions to Israel (see Acts 7:44). 1. THE FATHERS HAD THE TABERNA...
Observe here, 1. The Jews' angry and unreasonable resentment of the foregoing representation; though it was exact truth and matter of fact, yet were they cut to the heart; that is, they were angry eve...