Acts 7:51 meaning and explanation

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Acts 7:51, Berean Standard Bible

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Stephen, on trial before the Sanhedrin, turns from recounting Israel's history to applying it to his hearers, the high priest and council in Jerusalem. "Stiff-necked" pictures an ox that refuses the yoke, a word used of Israel in the Old Testament.

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