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 killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become! 53You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it.” When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him. 55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56“Look!” he said. “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 5:33Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.
• Acts 22:22The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, “Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
• Job 16:9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
• Psalms 35:16When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.
• Psalms 112:10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.
• Lamentations 2:16All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, “We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!” ע (Ayin)
• Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
• Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 22:13Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
• Matthew 24:51and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matthew 25:30And throw that worthless slave 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 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
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• Government
• Homicide
• Readings, Select
• Reproof
• Revenge
• Stephen
• Teeth

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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