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51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

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51 “You stubborn[a] people, with uncircumcised[b] hearts and ears![c] You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors[d] did!

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:51 sn Traditionally, “stiff-necked people.” Now the critique begins in earnest.
  2. Acts 7:51 tn The term ἀπερίτμητοι (aperitmētoi, “uncircumcised”) is a NT hapax legomenon (occurs only once). See BDAG 101-2 s.v. ἀπερίτμητος and Isa 52:1.
  3. Acts 7:51 tn Or “You stubborn and obstinate people!” (The phrase “uncircumcised hearts and ears” is another figure for stubbornness.)
  4. Acts 7:51 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”