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 ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. 53You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.” When they heard these things, they were enraged and gnashed their teeth at him. 55Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56He said, “Look, I see the heavens opened 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whenδέde · thenG1161
• they heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• they were cutδιαπρίωdiapriō · be furiousG1282
• to the heartὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• to the heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• they gnashedβρύχωbruchō · to gnashG1031
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• withὀδούςodous · toothG3599

Cross-references for Acts 7:54

• Acts 5:33When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
• Acts 22:22They listened to him up to this point. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this man off the face of the earth! He should not be allowed to live!”
• Job 16:9His anger tears at me, and he harasses me. He gnashes his teeth at me. My enemy pierces me with his eyes.
• Psalms 35:16With godless mockery they gnashed their teeth at me.
• Psalms 112:10The wicked one will see it and be angry; he will gnash his teeth in despair. The desire of the wicked leads to ruin.
• 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 we have waited for! 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 13:42They will throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 22:13“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
• Matthew 24:51He 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 this good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
• Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves 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