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Acts 6:10

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And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
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  1. Luke 21:15Rank 1 from verse 10
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    15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

  2. 1 Corinthians 2:4Rank 2 from verse 10
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    4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

  3. Matthew 10:19–20Rank 3 from verse 10
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    19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

    20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

  4. John 7:46Rank 4 from verse 10
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    46The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

  5. Luke 12:11–12Rank 5 from verse 10
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    11And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

    12For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

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Acts 6:10

COMBINED MEANING

able

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Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.

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resist

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To oppose, withstand, strive against, hinder, refuse, or set oneself against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

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wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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9¶ Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

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11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

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