King James Version
Acts 7:54 in the King James Version says “When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart , and they gnashed on him with their teeth.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart , and they gnashed on him with their teeth.”
Acts 7:54 · KJV
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.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart , and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“on”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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