Acts 6:15

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

Acts 6:15 in Other Translations

KJV
15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
ESV
15 And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
NLT
15 At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel’s.
MSG
15 As all those who sat on the High Council looked at Stephen, they found they couldn't take their eyes off him - his face was like the face of an angel!
CSB
15 And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Acts 6:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 6:15

And all that sat in the council
The whole sanhedrim,

looking steadfastly on him;
to observe whether his countenance altered, his tongue stammered, or he trembled in any part of his body, neither of which appeared; but on the contrary, they

saw his face, as if it had been the face of an angel.
The Ethiopic version adds, "of God"; there was such a calmness and serenity in it, which showed his innocence and unconsciousness of guilt; and such a beauty and glory upon it, that he looked as lovely and amiable as the angels of God, who when they appeared to men, it was in very glorious and splendid forms: his face might shine as Moses's did, when he came down from the mount; or in some degree as Christ's did at his transfiguration; and this might, as it ought to have been, taken as an acquittance of him by God, from the charge of blasphemy, either against God or Moses: the Jews F17 say of Phinehas, that when the Holy Ghost was upon him, his face burned or shone like lamps, and Stephen was now full of the Holy Ghost, ( Acts 6:5 Acts 6:8 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F17 Ceseph. Misna in Maimon. Hilch. Teshuba, c. 9. & Vajikra Rabba, sect. 1. fol. 146. 1. & sect. 21. fol. 163. 1.

Acts 6:15 In-Context

13 They produced false witnesses, who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
15 All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

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