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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 7:51

51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did , so do ye. Ver. 51. Ye stiffnecked, &c. ] Henry Lawrence, martyr, being required to put his hand in subscribing to his answers, he wrote these words under the bill of their examination, Ye are all Antichrist, and him ye follow, and here his hand was staid, and sentence read against him. And uncircumcised in heart ] Ye that to your sinews of iron have added brows of brass; to... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Acts 7:51

stiffnecked: Exodus 32:9, Exodus 33:3, Exodus 33:5, Exodus 34:9, Deuteronomy 9:6, Deuteronomy 9:13, Deuteronomy 31:27, 2 Chronicles 30:8, Nehemiah 9:16, Psalms 75:5, Psalms 78:8, Isaiah 48:4, Jeremiah 17:23, Ezekiel 2:4, Zechariah 7:11, Zechariah 7:12 uncircumcised: Leviticus 26:41, Deuteronomy 10:16, Deuteronomy 30:6, Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 6:10, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 9:26, Ezekiel 44:7, Ezekiel 44:9, Romans 2:25, Romans 2:28, Romans 2:29, Philippians 3:3, Colossians 2:11 resist: Acts... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Acts 7:51

Ye stiff necked - Not bowing the neck to God's yoke; and uncircumcised in heart - So they showed themselves, Acts 7:54 ; and ears - As they showed, Acts 7:57 . So far were they from receiving the word of God into their hearts, that they would not hear it even with their ears. Ye - And your fathers, always - As often as ever ye are called, resist the Holy Ghost - Testifying by the prophets of Jesus, and the whole truth. This is the sum of what he had shown at large. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 7:51

51. Ye stiffnecked A customary epithet in Scripture, drawn, probably, from oxen refusing the yoke. Uncircumcised in heart and ears Circumcision was the material sign of cutting off our sensual desires and all unholy feelings, so that to be uncircumcised in heart was to be religiously and morally corrupt. The phrase “uncircumcised in ears” is implied in Jeremiah 6:10: “Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 7:51-53

51-53. We agree with those commentators who hold that Stephen is here, by some interruption or sign of disapprobation from his audience, turned from his intended train of discourse. From the four great revolutions in Israel’s past history he has shown negatively that there is no blasphemy in expecting a similar great change to come which should perfect, rather than fundamentally destroy, the previous. Next, following positively the lines of Peter’s argument at Pentecost (Acts 2:22-36) and... read more

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