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Acts 7:55

Acts 7:55
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then they cried out with a loud voice,.... These were not the sanhedrim, but the common people; the Ethiopic version reads, "the Jews cried out"; which, they did, in a very clamorous way, either…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Full of the Holy Ghost - See the notes on Act 2:4. Looked up stedfastly - Fixed his eyes intently on heaven. Foreseeing his danger, and the effect his speech had produced; seeing that there was no…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Saw the glory of God - The Shekinah, the splendor or manifestation of the Divine Majesty.

And Jesus standing on the right hand of God - In his official character, as Mediator between God and man.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 7:54-60

We have here the death of the first martyr of the Christian church, and there is in this story a lively instance of the outrage and fury of the persecutors (such as we may expect to meet with if we…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

saw the glory of God Some visible sign of God's presence such as the Shechinah had been to the Jews of old. See Exo 16:10; Exo 24:17, in the latter of which passages it is described as like devouring…