Acts 6:15
New International Version
All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

New Living Translation
At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel’s.

English Standard Version
And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Berean Standard Bible
All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Berean Literal Bible
And having looked intently on him, all sitting in the Council saw his face as the face of an angel.

King James Bible
And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

New King James Version
And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

New American Standard Bible
And all who were sitting in the Council stared at him, and they saw his face, which was like the face of an angel.

NASB 1995
And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.

NASB 1977
And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel.

Legacy Standard Bible
And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his face like the face of an angel.

Amplified Bible
Then all those who were sitting in the Council, stared [intently] at him, and they saw that Stephen’s face was like the face of an angel.

Christian Standard Bible
And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.”

American Standard Version
And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And all of them who were sitting in the assembly stared at him, and they saw his face as the face of an Angel.

Contemporary English Version
Then all the council members stared at Stephen. They saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all that sat in the council, looking on him, saw his face as if it had been the face of an angel.

English Revised Version
And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Everyone who sat in the council stared at him and saw that his face looked like an angel's face.

Good News Translation
All those sitting in the Council fixed their eyes on Stephen and saw that his face looked like the face of an angel.

International Standard Version
Then everyone who was seated in the Council glared at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Literal Standard Version
and gazing at him, all those sitting in the Sanhedrin saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.

Majority Standard Bible
All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

New American Bible
All those who sat in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

NET Bible
All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.

New Revised Standard Version
And all who sat in the council looked intently at him, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

New Heart English Bible
All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Weymouth New Testament
At once the eyes of all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin were fastened on him, and they saw his face looking just like the face of an angel.

World English Bible
All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

Young's Literal Translation
and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Arrest of Stephen
14For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.” 15All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Cross References
Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be subject to the fire of hell.

Mark 8:25
Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man's eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

Acts 7:1
Then the high priest asked Stephen, "Are these charges true?"


Treasury of Scripture

And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

saw.

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…

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.

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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Acts 6
1. The apostles, desirous to have the poor cared for,
2. as also careful themselves to dispense the word of God, the food of the soul,
3. recommend,
5. and with the church's consent ordain seven chosen men to the office of deaconship.
7. The word of God prevails,
8. Stephen, full of faith and the Holy Spirit, confuting those with whom he disputed,
12. is brought before the council,
13. and falsely accused of blasphemy against the law and the temple.














(15) Looking stedfastly on him.--St Luke's characteristic word. (See Note on Acts 1:10.)

Saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.--We can scarcely be wrong in tracing this description to the impression made at the time on St. Paul, and reported by him to St. Luke. It must be interpreted by the account given of angels as appearing in the form of "young men" (Mark 16:5), and so throws some light upon St. Stephen's age, as being, probably, about the same standing as St. Paul, and implies that his face was lighted up as by the radiance of a divine brightness. The phrase seems to have been more or less proverbial. In the expanded version of the Book of Esther, which appears in the LXX., she says to the King, as in reverential awe, "I saw thee, O my lord, as an angel of God" (Esther 5:2). In 2Samuel 14:17, the words refer to the wisdom of David rather than to anything visible and outward. Here the impression left by St. Luke's narrative is that the face of St. Stephen was illumined at once with the glow of an ardent zeal and the serenity of a higher wisdom.

Verse 15. - Fastening their eyes for looking steadfastly, A.V. (see above, Acts 3:4). The council would naturally all look at him, in expectation of his answer to the evidence just delivered against him. In his face, illuminated with a Divine radiance, they had an answer which they would have done well to listen to (for the brightness of an angel's face, comp. Matthew 28:3; Daniel 10:6; Revelation 10:1, etc.).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
All
πάντες (pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

who
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

were sitting
καθεζόμενοι (kathezomenoi)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2516: To be sitting, sit down, be seated. From kata and the base of hedraios; to sit down.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Sanhedrin
συνεδρίῳ (synedriō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4892: A council, tribunal; the Sanhedrin, the meeting place of the Sanhedrin.

looked intently
ἀτενίσαντες (atenisantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 816: To direct my gaze, look steadily. From a compound of a and teino; to gaze intently.

at
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

[Stephen],
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[and] they saw that
εἶδον (eidon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

face
πρόσωπον (prosōpon)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4383: From pros and ops; the front, i.e. The countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person.

[was] like
ὡσεὶ (hōsei)
Adverb
Strong's 5616: As if, as it were, like; with numbers: about. From hos and ei; as if.

[the] face
πρόσωπον (prosōpon)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4383: From pros and ops; the front, i.e. The countenance, aspect, appearance, surface; by implication, presence, person.

of an angel.
ἀγγέλου (angelou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.


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