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 have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have now become deliverers up and murderers! 53who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it]. And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him. 55But being full of [the] Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw [the] glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56and said, Lo, I behold 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

• hearingἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• cutδιαπρίωdiapriō · be furiousG1282
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• teethὀδούςodous · toothG3599

Cross-references for Acts 7:54

• Acts 5:33But they, when they heard [these things], were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.
• Acts 22:22And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.
• Job 16:9His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; [as] mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.
• Psalms 35:16With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
• Psalms 112:10The wicked [man] shall see [it] and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
• Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen [it].
• Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 13:42and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 22:13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 24:51and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 25:30And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
• Luke 13:28There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast 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
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• 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