Acts 6:8
And Stephen, full of grace and fortitude, did great wonders and signs among the people.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Stephanus autem plenus gratia et fortitudine, faciebat prodigia et signa magna in populo.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- Στέφανος δὲ πλήρης χάριτος καὶ δυνάμεως ἐποίει τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα μεγάλα ἐν τῷ λαῷ.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XV on Acts vi. 8
Acts VI. 8 “And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.”
St John Chrysostom A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XV on Acts vi. 8
Whence, I pray you, did that grace bloom upon the countenance of Stephen? (Recapitulation.) The writer gives him this report above, that he was “full of faith.” ( ch. vi. 8 ). For it is possible to have a grace that does not consist in works of healing: “For to one is given the grace of the Spirit ( 1 Cor. xii. 8, 9 ) in such and such wise ( τοιὣσδε ). But here, it seems to me, it says that he was also gracious to look at: “They saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.” “Full of faith and of power”: ( v. 15 ) which is also the character given of Barnabas “he was a good man, full of faith and of the Holy Ghost.” ( ch. xi. 24 .) Whence we learn that the sincere and innocent are, above all others, the men to be saved, and that these same are also more gracious. “Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words.” ( v. …