Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Opened (dihnoigmenouv). Perfect passive predicate participle of dianoignumi (cf. Matthew 3:16; Luke 3:21).
The son of man (ton uion tou anqrwpou). Elsewhere in the N.T. in Christ's own words. Here Stephen may refer to the words of Jesus as preserved in Matthew 26:64.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 7:56:
Luke 6:22
John 1:51
Acts 6:15
Acts 7:55
Revelation 5:6
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