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Acts 6:15

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

KJV

καὶ ἀτενίσαντες εἰς αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ καθεζόμενοι ἐν τῷ συνεδρίῳ εἶδον τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ πρόσωπον ἀγγέλου.

Greek NT

Et intuentes eum omnes qui sedebant in concilio, viderunt faciem ejus tamquam faciem angeli.

Vulgate

And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

ASV

And all that sat in the council, looking on him, saw his face as if it had been the face of an angel.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθέζομαι
kathezomai
verb · 8×
πρόσωπον
prosopon
noun · 77×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
συνέδριον
sunedrion
noun · 22×
ἀτενίζω
atenizo
verb · 14×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὡσεί
osei
adverb · 20×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: πάντες | WH/Treg/NIV: πάντες | RP: ἅπαντες
  • πάντεςSBLGNT
  • πάντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἅπαντεςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 3:7 — But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glo
  • 2Cor 3:7 — But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glo
  • 2Cor 3:18 — But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
  • Acts 6:8 — And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
  • Dan 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well:
  • Eccl 8:1 — Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
  • Eccl 8:1 — Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
  • Exod 34:29 — And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while
  • Exod 34:29 — And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while
  • Judg 13:6 — Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither
  • Luke 9:29 — And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
  • Matt 13:43 — Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Matt 17:2 — And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
  • Prov 31:26 — She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.