Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
I see . . . the Son of man standing, etc.—This is the only time that our Lord is by human lips called THE SON OF MAN after His ascension (Revelation 1:13; Revelation 14:14 are not instances). And why here? Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost, speaking now not of himself at all (Acts 7:55), but entirely by the Spirit, is led to repeat the very words in which Jesus Himself, before this same council, had foretold His glorification (Matthew 26:64), assuring them that that exaltation of the SON OF MAN which they should hereafter witness to their dismay, was already begun and actual [ALFORD].
When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, etc.—If they could have answered him, how different would have been their temper of mind!
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 7:56:
Psalms 110:1
Song of Solomon 7:5
Ezekiel 1:1
Daniel 9:27
Mark 16:19
Acts 6:11-14
Romans 8:34
Revelation 4:1
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