 | Alexander Robert Charles Dallas - 1847 - 444 pàgines
...Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs [or, 15 rites] which Moses delivered us." And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. ' Then said the high priest, " Are these things so ?" And he said, " Men, 2 brethren, and... | |
 | Susannah Henderson - 1847 - 318 pàgines
...man of God—Stephen. Did they see his face turn pale, and his lips quiver with guilt or fear ? No; " all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face, as it had been the face of an angel." How does the face of an angel appear ? Bright, serene, and unearthly. CHAPTER VII. WHAT... | |
 | Alexander M'Leod - 1847 - 300 pàgines
...are recording the testimony of perjured witnesses, all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. Cut to the heart by his reproofs, they gnashed on him with their teeth : but he being full... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1847 - 224 pàgines
...that faithful and devoted servant of our Lord, the holy Stephen — " and all that steadfastly looked on him, saw his face, as it had been the face of an angel." I marvelled within myself at the wondrous power which godly principle, when accompanied... | |
 | Samuel Fox - 1848 - 204 pàgines
...was filled with holiness, and such a heavenly expression did it give to his countenance, that all who sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. When the accusers of S. Stephen had finished their charge, and when the members of the council... | |
 | 1882 - 958 pàgines
...filled was he with the Spirit of God, that even his bitterest enemies, who thirsted for his blood, "looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." But this could not have been the case with Herod Agrippa. Though not so cruel as his unscrupulous... | |
 | Charles M. Sheldon - 1924 - 664 pàgines
...change the customs which Moses delivered unto us. And all that sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. And the high priest said, Are these things so? And he said, Which of the prophets did not... | |
 | Ellen Gould Harmon White - 1911 - 656 pàgines
...blasphemy, a holy radiance shone upon his countenance, and "all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." Many who beheld this light trembled and veiled their faces, but the stubborn unbelief and... | |
 | 1846 - 660 pàgines
...dignity, that "all that sat in the council" where he was tried for his life, " looking steadfastly on him, saw his face, as it had been the face of an angel." A man who cannot conceive of death as an object of desire, has never yet fully studied the... | |
 | 1906 - 530 pàgines
...enemies. His appearance was a great contrast to theirs. "All that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." He made a charge against them, not in anger but in faithfulness, awful because true—that... | |
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For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. 
