KJV: And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
YLT: and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.
Darby: And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel.
ASV: And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
| ἀτενίσαντες | having looked intently |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἀτενίζω Sense: to fix the eyes on, gaze upon. |
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| οἱ | - |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| καθεζόμενοι | sitting |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: καθέζομαι Sense: to sit down, seat one’s self, sit. |
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| συνεδρίῳ | Council |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Singular Root: συνέδριον Sense: any assembly (esp. |
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| εἶδον | saw |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
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| πρόσωπον | face |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: πρόσωπον Sense: the face. |
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| αὐτοῦ | of him |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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| πρόσωπον | [the] face |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: πρόσωπον Sense: the face. |
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| ἀγγέλου | of an angel |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ἄγγελος Sense: a messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God. |
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Greek Commentary for Acts 6:15
Even his enemies saw that, wicked as they were. See Exodus 34:30 for the face of Moses when he came down from Sinai (2 Corinthians 3:7). Page quotes Tennyson: “God‘s glory smote him on the face.” Where were Peter and John at this crisis? Apparently Stephen stands alone before the Sanhedrin as Jesus did. But he was not alone for he saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God (Acts 7:56). There was little that Peter and John could have done if they had been present. Gamaliel did not interpose this time for the Pharisees were behind the charges against Stephen, false though they were as Gamaliel could have found out. [source]
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Compare Acts 1:10; Acts 3:4, Acts 3:12; Acts 6:15; and see on Luke 4:20. [source]
First aorist (ingressive) passive participle of ατενισας pimplēmi with the genitive case. A special influx of power to meet this emergency. Here was a cultured heathen, typical of the best in Roman life, who called forth all the powers of Paul plus the special help of the Holy Spirit to expose the wickedness of Elymas Barjesus. If one wonders why the Holy Spirit filled Paul for this emergency rather than Barnabas, when Barnabas was named first in Acts 13:2, he can recall the sovereignty of the Holy Spirit in his choice of agents (1 Corinthians 12:4-11) and also the special call of Paul by Christ (Acts 9:15; Acts 26:17.). Fastened his eyes (atenisas). As already in Luke 4:20; Luke 22:56; Acts 3:4, Acts 3:12; Acts 6:15; Acts 10:4. [source]
As already in Luke 4:20; Luke 22:56; Acts 3:4, Acts 3:12; Acts 6:15; Acts 10:4. [source]
See note on this word Acts 1:10; note on Acts 3:12; Acts 6:15; Acts 7:55; Acts 13:9. Paul may have had weak eyes, but probably the earnest gaze was to see if he recognized any faces that were in the body that tried Stephen and to which he apparently once belonged. [source]