Acts 6:10

“And they were not able to resist the wisdom, etc.] In Beza’s most ancient copy, and in another manuscript it is added, “which was in him”; that divine wisdom, which the Spirit of wisdom gave him; they were not a match for him with respect to the knowledge of divine things; they could not answer the wise arguments he made use of, fetched out of the Scriptures of truth, in which he was well versed, and had a large knowledge of: and the Spirit by which he spake; that is, the Holy Spirit, as the above exemplars of Beza, and the Ethiopic version read; the meaning is, they could not resist the Holy Spirit, by which Stephen spake, so as to overcome him, or put Stephen to silence, or confute him;…”

“not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake--What he said, and the power with which he spake it, were alike resistless.”

“To resist - That is, they were not able to “answer” his arguments. The wisdom - This properly refers to his knowledge of the Scriptures; his skill in what “the Jews” esteemed to be wisdom - acquaintance with their sacred writings, opinions, etc. And the spirit - This has been commonly understood of the Holy Spirit, by which he was aided; but it rather means the “energy, power,” or “ardor” of Stephen. He “evinced” a spirit of zeal and sincerity which they could not withstand; which served, more than mere argument could have done, to convince them that he was right. The evidence of sincerity, honesty, and zeal in a public speaker will often go further to convince the great mass of mankind,…”

“able: Act 5:39, Act 7:51; Exo 4:12; Isa 54:17; Jer 1:18, Jer 1:19, Jer 15:20; Eze 3:27; Mat 10:19, Mat 10:20; Luk 12:11, Luk 12:12, Luk 21:15; Joh 7:46 the spirit: Job 32:8, Job 32:18; Mic 3:8; Luk 1:17; Co1 2:4 Acts 6:11”