but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
Cross References
Acts 6:9But 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,
Acts 6:11Then they prompted some men to say, "We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God."
Treasury of Scripture
And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke.
able.
Acts 5:39
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Exodus 4:12
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
the spirit.
Job 32:8,18
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding…
Micah 3:8
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Luke 1:17
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
