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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Acts 6:8

Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Miracles;   Power;   Stephen;   Thompson Chain Reference - Holy Spirit;   Miracles;   Power;   Stephen;   Weakness-Power;   Wonders;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles;   Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Deacon;   Holy spirit;   Stephen;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Deacon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Helps;   Nicanor;   Timothy, the First Epistle to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Grace;   Miracles, Signs, Wonders;   Poor, Orphan, Widow;   Power;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Church Government;   Deacon;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Miracles;   Nicolas;   Stephen;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Acts of the Apostles (2);   Boyhood of Jesus;   Miracles;   Missions;   Paul;   Stephen;   Wonders;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Stephen;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Miracle;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ste'phen,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Deacon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Church Government;   Deacon;   Grace;   Ministry;   Miracle;   Papyrus;   Stephen;   Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Steve, a cowboy full of the grace of God and full of God's power, did amazing miracles for the people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
Bible in Basic English
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Darby Translation
And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought wonders and great signs among the people.
New King James Version
And Stephen, full of faith [fn] and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Christian Standard Bible®
Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
World English Bible
Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Weymouth's New Testament
And Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great marvels and signs among the people.
King James Version (1611)
And Steuen full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Literal Translation
And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing wonders and great signs among the people.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Steuen full of faith and power, dyd wonders and greate tokens amonge the people.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Now Stephen full of grace and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
THE MESSAGE
Stephen, brimming with God's grace and energy, was doing wonderful things among the people, unmistakable signs that God was among them. But then some men from the meeting place whose membership was made up of freed slaves, Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and some others from Cilicia and Asia, went up against him trying to argue him down. But they were no match for his wisdom and spirit when he spoke.
Amplified Bible
Now Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing, favor) and power, was doing great wonders and signs (attesting miracles) among the people.
American Standard Version
And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.
Revised Standard Version
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Steven full of faythe and power dyd great wondres and myracles amoge ye people.
Update Bible Version
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and miracles among the people.
Young's Literal Translation
And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,
New Century Version
Stephen was richly blessed by God who gave him the power to do great miracles and signs among the people.
New English Translation
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
Contemporary English Version
God gave Stephen the power to work great miracles and wonders among the people.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great miracles and signs among the people.
English Standard Version
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Now Steuen full of faith & power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
George Lamsa Translation
Now Stephen was full of grace and power and did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Hebrew Names Version
Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
International Standard Version
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
Etheridge Translation
But Estephanos was filled with grace and power, and wrought signs and miracles among the people.
Murdock Translation
And Stephen was full of grace and energy; and he wrought signs and prodigies among the people.
New Living Translation
Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people.
New Life Bible
Stephen was a man full of faith and power. He did many great things among the people.
English Revised Version
And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.
New Revised Standard
Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, Stephen, full of favour and power, began to do great wonders and signs among the people.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Stephen, full of grace and fortitude, did great wonders and signs among the people.
King James Version
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
Lexham English Bible
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Steuen full of fayth & power, dyd great wonders & miracles among the people.
Easy-to-Read Version
Stephen received a great blessing. God gave him power to do great wonders and miraculous signs among the people.
New American Standard Bible
And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
Good News Translation
Stephen, a man richly blessed by God and full of power, performed great miracles and wonders among the people.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Steuen, ful of grace and of strengthe, made wondris and grete signes in the puple.

Contextual Overview

8Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.9But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They began to argue with Stephen, 10but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke. 11Then they prompted some men to say, "We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God." 12So they stirred up the people and elders and scribes. They seized Stephen and brought him before the Sanhedrin. 13They presented false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. 14For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us." 15All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

full: Acts 6:3, Acts 6:5, Acts 6:10, Acts 6:15, Acts 7:55, Ephesians 4:11, 1 Timothy 3:13

did: Acts 2:17, Acts 2:18, Acts 4:29, Acts 4:30, Acts 8:6

Reciprocal: Acts 1:8 - ye shall Acts 2:4 - filled Acts 11:24 - full 2 Timothy 1:7 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 6:12
And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
Genesis 6:17
And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth, to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
Genesis 19:19
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Psalms 84:11
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Psalms 145:20
The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
Proverbs 3:4
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD;
Proverbs 12:2
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
Jeremiah 31:2
This is what the LORD says: "The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest."
Luke 1:30
So the angel told her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Stephen, full of faith and power,.... The historian proceeds to give a narrative of Stephen particularly, the first of the seven deacons; of his faith and miracles, of his elocution and wisdom, of his courage and intrepidity, of his constancy, and of his suffering martyrdom. He is said to be full of faith, as before, Acts 6:5 the Alexandrian copy, and four of Beza's copies read, "full of grace"; and so do the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions; the Ethiopic version reads, "full of the grace of God": he had an uncommon share of it; it was exceeding abundant in him; he had a sufficiency of it for the service and sufferings he was called to: and he was full of power to preach the Gospel, and teach it the people, which he did with authority; to defend it, and oppose the adversaries of it; to bear reproach and indignities for it, and even death itself; and to do miraculous works for the confirmation of it, as follows:

did great wonders and miracles among the people; openly before them, such as speaking with divers tongues, healing diseases, casting out devils, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Stephen - The remarkable death of this first Christian martyr, which soon occurred, gave occasion to the sacred writer to give a detailed account of his character, and of the causes which led to his death. Hitherto the opposition of the Jews had been confined to threats and imprisonment; but it was now to burst forth with furious rage and madness, that could be satisfied only with blood. This was the first in a series of persecutions against Christians which filled the church with blood, and which closed the lives of thousands, perhaps a million, in the great work of establishing the gospel on the earth.

Full of faith - Full of “confidence” in God, or trusting entirely to his promises. See the notes on Mark 16:16.

And power - The power which was evinced in working miracles.

Wonders - This is one of the words commonly used in the New Testament to denote miracles.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 6:8. Stephen, full of faith and power — Instead of πιστεως, faith, χαριτος, grace, is the reading of ABD, several others, the Syriac of Erpen, the Coptic, Armenian, Vulgate, and some of the fathers. This reading Griesbach has admitted into the text. Some MSS. join both readings. Stephen was full of faith-gave unlimited credence to the promises of his Lord; he was full of grace-receiving the fulfilment of those promises, he enjoyed much of the unction of the Divine Spirit, and much of the favour of his God; and, in consequence, he was full of power, δυναμεως, of the Divine energy by which he was enabled to work great wonders and miracles among the people.


 
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