King James Version
Acts 7:51 in the King James Version says “Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.”
Acts 7:51 · KJV
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool : what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Hath not my hand made all these things?
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
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“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“in heart”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“Ghost”
G4151a current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital prin
“the Holy”
G40sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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