15 All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Other Translations of Acts 6:15

King James Version

15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

English Standard Version

15 And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

The Message

15 As all those who sat on the High Council looked at Stephen, they found they couldn't take their eyes off him - his face was like the face of an angel!

New King James Version

15 And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

New Living Translation

15 At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel's.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 6:15

Commentary on Acts 6:8-15

(Read Acts 6:8-15)

When they could not answer Stephen's arguments as a disputant, they prosecuted him as a criminal, and brought false witnesses against him. And it is next to a miracle of providence, that no greater number of religious persons have been murdered in the world, by the way of perjury and pretence of law, when so many thousands hate them, who make no conscience of false oaths. Wisdom and holiness make a man's face to shine, yet will not secure men from being treated badly. What shall we say of man, a rational being, yet attempting to uphold a religious system by false witness and murder! And this has been done in numberless instances. But the blame rests not so much upon the understanding, as upon the heart of a fallen creature, which is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Yet the servant of the Lord, possessing a clear conscience, cheerful hope, and Divine consolations, may smile in the midst of danger and death.