Stephen’s last appeal to the hard hearts of the Pharisees…
“Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
“Which
of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have
slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have
been now the betrayers and murderers:
“Who have received the law
by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.” *
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Circumcision was one of the Pharisees' most important laws and ceremonies, so to call
them uncircumcised was a huge disgrace. And in their heart and ears?
They also took great pride in the prophets, but they
killed each of them that foretold of the Messiah, and then they ended up
killing Him too.
The law was their pride and joy, but as Stephen
pointed out, in reality, they had not kept it, even though their whole point of being Pharisees was
that they were strictly law-keepers.
*Acts 7:51-53
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