Acts 6:10

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Summary

Acts 6:10

And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

Able

General references

Luke 12:12

Luke 14:6

1 Corinthians 1:27

Bible References

Able

but if it is of God [and it appears that it is], you will not be able to stop them; or else you may even be found fighting against God!”

“You stiff-necked and stubborn people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. You are doing just as your fathers did.

Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and will teach you what you shall say.”

“No weapon that is formed against you will succeed;
And every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn.
This [peace, righteousness, security, and triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And this is their vindication from Me,” says the Lord.

Now behold, I have made you today like a fortified city and like an iron pillar and like bronze walls against the whole land—against the [successive] kings of Judah, against its leaders, against its priests, and against the people of the land [giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome].

“And I will make you to this people
A fortified wall of bronze;
They will fight against you,
But they will not prevail over you,
For I am with you [always] to save you
And protect you,” says the Lord.

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses [to hear], let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.

But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you within that [very] hour;

When they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be worried about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say;

for I will give you [skillful] words and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

The guards replied, “Never [at any time] has a man talked the way this Man talks!”

General references

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”

And they were unable to reply to this.

But God has selected [for His purpose] the foolish things of the world to shame the wise [revealing their ignorance], and God has selected [for His purpose] the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong [revealing their frailty].