Acts 7:54

“When they heard these things, etc.] How that Abraham, the father of them, was called before he was circumcised, or the law was given to Moses, or the temple was built, which they were so bigoted to, and charged with speaking blasphemously of; and how that Joseph and Moses were very ill treated by the Jewish fathers, which seemed to resemble the usage Christ and his apostles met with from them; and how their ancestors behaved in the wilderness when they had received the law, and what idolatry they fell into there, and in after times; and how that though there was a temple built by Solomon, yet the Lord was not confined to it, nor would he dwell in it always; and especially when they heard him…”

“When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, &c.--If they could have answered him, how different would have been their temper of mind!”

“They were cut to the heart - They were exceedingly enraged and indignant. The whole course of the speech had been such as to excite their anger, and now they could restrain themselves no longer. They gnashed on him ... - Expressive of the bitterness and malignity of their feeling. return to 'Top of Page'”

“they were: Act 5:33, Act 22:22, Act 22:23 they gnashed: Job 16:9; Psa 35:16, Psa 112:10; Lam 2:16; Mat 8:12, Mat 13:42, Mat 13:50, Mat 22:13, Mat 24:51; Mat 25:30; Luk 13:28 Acts 7:55”