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|Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
|Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
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|"You closed-minded and rule-flaunting men, why do you resist the Divine Guide just like your fathers?"
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|Phrase very archaic.
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|Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
|Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
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|"Your fathers persecuted all of my prophets, didn't they? And they killed anyone who foretold the Just One's arrival."
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|Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
|Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
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|"You have heard the law from the mouths of angels, but ignored it."
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|When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
|When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
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|When the people heard this, their very souls were shaken, and looked on in frustration.
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|"Gnashing" had clear connotations of anger, frustration, or even agony (wailing and gnashing of teeth).
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|But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
|But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
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|But he was full of the Divine God, and saw God's glory in heaven, with Jesus standing on God's right hand.
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|And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
|And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
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|He said, "Look, I see the heavens open, and the Son of Man stands at God's right hand."
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|Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
|Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
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|They shouted loudly, plugged their ears, and ran at him together.
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|And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
|And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
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|They threw him out of the city and stoned him. Those who witnessed it set their clothes at the feet of a young man, Saul.
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|And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
|And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
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|They stoned Stephen while he declared to God, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"
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|And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
|And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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|He knelt and cried out, "Lord, don't blame them with this sin." He then passed away.
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