Do we realize what Christ is saying here? There are those who cannot hear the truth. The freedmen that attacked Stephen did not hear the truth. All they heard was an accusation against their pride. Were they of the truth?
I decided to look up a few idioms regarding truth on the Internet, and the possibilities are endless. But I did manage to pick out two. The first one is from a man by the name of W. Clement Stone. I have no idea who he is or when he lived. "The truth will always be the truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief, or ignorance." The second one comes from someone named Tertian and I believe he did live in the first century AD. "The first reaction to truth is hatred." Do we hear the truth, or should I say, can we hear the truth and how do we react?
Maybe the freedmen did hear the truth after all, rejecting it in outright hatred, killing an innocent man. Not everyone can hear the truth or else why would Jesus instruct the seven churches in Revelation, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." Do we have ears to hear?
