Acts 7:54

Acts 7:54 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
• New International Version (NIV)When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

Context of Acts 7:54

52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— 53you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him. 55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

Acts 7:54 word by word

Ἀκούοντες δὲ ταῦτα διεπρίοντο ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν καὶ ἔβρυχον τοὺς ὀδόντας ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν.¶Read the interlinear

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• On hearingἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• were enragedδιαπρίωdiapriō · be furiousG1282
• were enragedὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• were enragedαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• were enragedκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• they gnashedβρύχωbruchō · to gnashG1031
• teethὀδούςodous · toothG3599
• atἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909

Cross-references for Acts 7:54

• Acts 5:33When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
• Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
• Job 16:9His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
• Psalms 35:16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
• Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
• Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
• Matthew 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
• Matthew 13:42And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
• Matthew 24:51Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 25:30And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
• Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.

Commentaries on Acts 7:54

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 54They were cut to the heart - , They were sawn through. See the note on Acts 5:33. They gnashed on him with their teeth - They were determined to hear him no longer; were filled with rage against him, and evidently thirsted for his blood.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54They 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 gnashed on him … - Expressive of the bitterness and malignity of their feeling.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 54-60Verses 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 short prayers in his dying moments. Our Lord Jesus is God, to whom we are to seek, and in whom we are to trust and comfort ourselves, living and dying. And if this has been our care while we live, it will be our comfort when we die. Here is a prayer…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 54-5654-56. When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, &c.--If they could have answered him, how different would have been their temper of mind!Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 7:54

• Anger
• Court
• Government
• Homicide
• Readings, Select
• Reproof
• Revenge
• Stephen
• Teeth

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Acts 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings