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- Acts 6:15 New International Version 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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Feb 13, 2024 · Luke describes the remarkable scene: “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).
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Jan 14, 2019 · What did it mean that Stephen’s “face was like the face of an angel” (Acts 6:15), and why did it look this way? We first meet Stephen as a deacon, “a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 6:5). He was appointed to coordinate meals for widows (cf. Acts 6:1–7), but he was also an evangelist.
All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel. New Living Translation At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel’s.
To say Stephen's face reminded his audience of an angel speaks more to the evidence of God's power in his life than anything else. Stephen is clearly not defenseless, either. He is filled with the Holy Spirit, boldly speaking words of truth that his adversaries are powerless to refute (Acts 6:10).
It must be interpreted by the account given of angels as appearing in the form of “young men” (Mark 16:5), and so throws some light upon St. Stephen’s age, as being, probably, about the same standing as St. Paul, and implies that his face was lighted up as by the radiance of a divine brightness.
Dec 9, 2023 · False witnesses were brought against Stephen accusing him of blasphemy against Moses and God (Acts 6:11-14). Yet when Stephen addressed these charges before the Sanhedrin, scripture says his face was like that of an angel (Acts 6:15).
Aug 7, 2013 · Thus Stephen’s inner qualities, being full of the Holy Spirit, wisdom, faith, grace, and power, show his godly character. B. His godly character shows itself in one outer quality: an angelic countenance. I’m not sure what the face of an angel looks like, but Stephen had such a countenance as he stood before the council.
