 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in' the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.  Waldie's Select Circulating Library - Page 841841Full view - About this book
 | Joshua William Brooks - 1840 - 876 pages
...(Daniel xii. 2, 3.) A beam of this glory seems to have fallen on the face of the proto-martyr Stephen: "All that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel: and "he, looking up steadfastly into heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at... | |
 | John Wesley - 1840 - 564 pages
...over it. And that extraordinary majesty of Stephen's face, seemed to lie an earned of his glory. " All that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." How then, if it fhone so gloriously even on earth, will it shine in the other world, when... | |
 | 1840 - 644 pages
...i._ not able to resist th 1 UIU|,OJ. ed us. 15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. CHAP. VII. 1 THEN said the High Priest, Are these things so ? % And he said. Men, » brethren,... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1840 - 790 pages
...sacrifices, festivals, &c. appointed by Moses. VER. 15. And all that sat in the council, looking stcdfastly on him, saw his ' face as it had been the face of an angel. p Exod. xxxir. 30, 35. Looking stedfastly on him. — Fixing the eyes intently on him. Probably... | |
 | John Jones - 1841 - 700 pages
...the most commanding. A certain ennobling and supernatural brightness irradiated his features, "and all that sat in the council looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." This circumstance reminds us of a similar event in the history of Moses, whose face, we... | |
 | 1841 - 362 pages
...that of Moses when he came down from the mount; a brightness, which his very enemies took notice of. " All that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of aa angel." So St. Luke writes, in the manner of one who had been present, and saw what was going on.... | |
 | 1841 - 206 pages
...change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in tl»e council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. CHAP. vn. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 1 nifcft ^^ iT^niwI' 4^ 1 ^l... | |
 | 1881 - 510 pages
...false witnesses, how calm and fearless he was. " All that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." When he was dragged out of the city, and was being stoned, " he kneeled down and cried with... | |
 | John Keble - 1842 - 332 pages
...Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when ho had said this he fell asleep."] t And all that were in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. Acts vi. 15. • . t [With awfu| dread his murderers shook As, radiant and serene, The lustre... | |
 | 1842
...Jewish Sanhedrim. The sacred writer tells us that " all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." (Acts vi. 15.) There are just two or three marks of difference, which I must beg my readers... | |
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