Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! New Living Translation “You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you! English Standard Version “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Berean Standard Bible You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. Berean Literal Bible You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, also do you. King James Bible Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. New King James Version “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. New American Standard Bible “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did. NASB 1995 “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did. NASB 1977 “You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did. Legacy Standard Bible “You men—stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears—are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Amplified Bible “You stiff-necked and stubborn people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. You are doing just as your fathers did. Christian Standard Bible “You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also. Holman Christian Standard Bible You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you. American Standard Version Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. Contemporary English Version You stubborn and hardheaded people! You are always fighting against the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did. English Revised Version Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. GOD'S WORD® Translation "How stubborn can you be? How can you be so heartless and disobedient? You're just like your ancestors. They always opposed the Holy Spirit, and so do you! Good News Translation "How stubborn you are!" Stephen went on to say. "How heathen your hearts, how deaf you are to God's message! You are just like your ancestors: you too have always resisted the Holy Spirit! International Standard Version "You stubborn people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do. Majority Standard Bible You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. NET Bible "You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did! New Heart English Bible "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do. Webster's Bible Translation Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. Weymouth New Testament "O stiff-necked men, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you also are continually at strife with the Holy Spirit--just as your forefathers were. World English Bible “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers—also you; Berean Literal Bible You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, also do you. Young's Literal Translation 'Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye; Smith's Literal Translation Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers, also you. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleYou stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you also. Catholic Public Domain Version Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you ever resist the Holy Spirit. Just as your fathers did, so also do you do. New American Bible “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors. New Revised Standard Version “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleO you stubborn and insincere in heart and hearing, you always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Oh, stiff necks, who are uncircumcised in their hearts and in their hearing, you always are opposing The Spirit of Holiness, as your fathers did, so do you! NT Translations Anderson New TestamentYou stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and in ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so also do you. Godbey New Testament Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye. Haweis New Testament Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears, ye do always oppose yourselves against the Holy Ghost: as your fathers, so are ye. Mace New Testament stubborn people, whose hearts and ears like the uncircumcised, are always averse to the holy spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. Weymouth New Testament "O stiff-necked men, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you also are continually at strife with the Holy Spirit--just as your forefathers were. Worrell New Testament Ye stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye. Worsley New Testament Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Stephen's Address to the Sanhedrin…50Has not My hand made all these things?’ 51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. 52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—… Cross References Matthew 23:33 You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them. Jeremiah 6:10 To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it. Ezekiel 3:7 But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. Zechariah 7:11-12 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. Matthew 23:29-32 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous. / And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ / So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. ... John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. Romans 2:5 But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. 2 Chronicles 36:13-16 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel. / Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. ... Nehemiah 9:29-30 You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. / You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. Isaiah 48:4 For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze. Jeremiah 7:25-26 From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. / Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers. Jeremiah 17:23 Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. Ezekiel 2:4 They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Hosea 4:16 For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow? Treasury of Scripture You stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you. stiffnecked. Exodus 32:9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: Exodus 33:3,5 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way… Exodus 34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. uncircumcised. Leviticus 26:41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Deuteronomy 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. Deuteronomy 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. resist. Acts 6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. Nehemiah 9:30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. as. Acts 7:9,27,35,39 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, … Matthew 23:31-33 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets… Jump to Previous Always Continually Ears Fathers Forefathers Ghost Hard Heart Hearts Holy Resist Resisting Shut Spirit Stiffnecked Stiff-Necked Strife UncircumcisedJump to Next Always Continually Ears Fathers Forefathers Ghost Hard Heart Hearts Holy Resist Resisting Shut Spirit Stiffnecked Stiff-Necked Strife UncircumcisedActs 7 1. Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy,2. shows that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers, 20. before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple were built; 37. that Moses himself witnessed of Christ; 44. and that all outward ceremonies were ordained to last but for a time; 51. reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of Christ, whom the prophets foretold. 54. Whereupon they stone Stephen to death, 59. who commends his soul to Jesus, and humbly prays for them. You stiff-necked people The phrase "stiff-necked" is a vivid metaphor used throughout the Bible to describe stubbornness and resistance to God's will. In the original Greek, "sklerotrachelos" combines "skleros" (hard) and "trachelos" (neck), painting a picture of an obstinate refusal to turn or change direction. Historically, this term was often used in the Old Testament to describe the Israelites' rebellion against God (Exodus 32:9, Deuteronomy 9:6). Stephen, the speaker in Acts 7, is drawing a parallel between the ancient Israelites and his contemporary audience, emphasizing their persistent resistance to divine guidance. with uncircumcised hearts and ears You always resist the Holy Spirit just as your fathers did Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [You] stiff-necked [people]Σκληροτράχηλοι (Sklērotrachēloi) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Strong's 4644: Stiff-necked, stubborn, obstinate. From skleros and trachelos; hardnaped, i.e. obstinate. [with] καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. uncircumcised ἀπερίτμητοι (aperitmētoi) Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural Strong's 564: Uncircumcised. Uncircumcised. hearts καρδίαις (kardiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 2588: Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. ears! ὠσίν (ōsin) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 3775: (a) the ear, (b) met: the faculty of perception. Apparently a primary word; the ear. You ὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. always ἀεὶ (aei) Adverb Strong's 104: From an obsolete primary noun; 'ever, 'by qualification regularly; by implication, earnestly. resist ἀντιπίπτετε (antipiptete) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 496: To resist, oppose, fall against or upon. From anti and pipto; to oppose. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Holy Ἁγίῳ (Hagiō) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred. Spirit, Πνεύματι (Pneumati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit. just καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. fathers [did]. πατέρες (pateres) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. Links Acts 7:51 NIVActs 7:51 NLT Acts 7:51 ESV Acts 7:51 NASB Acts 7:51 KJV Acts 7:51 BibleApps.com Acts 7:51 Biblia Paralela Acts 7:51 Chinese Bible Acts 7:51 French Bible Acts 7:51 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 7:51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
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