Acts Chapter 6 verse 10 Holy Bible
And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake.
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But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
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And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
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And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
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They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
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and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 10. - Withstand for resist, A.V. This was a part of the "power" mentioned in ver. 8.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) They were not able.--Better, had no strength; the verb being somewhat more forcible than that commonly translated "to be able."To resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he spake.--It is remarkable that Stephen is the first Christian teacher of whom "wisdom" is thus specially predicted. In the Gospels it is ascribed to our Lord (Matthew 13:54; Luke 2:40; Luke 2:52); and we read of "the wisdom of Solomon" (Matthew 12:42). In a writer like St. Luke, it implies something higher even than the "consolation" or "prophecy" from which Barnabas took his name--wider thoughts, a clearer vision of the truth, the development of what had been before latent in hints and parables and dark sayings. The speech that follows in the next chapter, may be accepted as an example, as far as circumstances allowed, of the method and power of his general teaching.