“And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.”
But they could not stand up against the wisdom he spoke or the Spirit by whom he spoke - the 'wisdom' (sophia) and 'Spirit' (pneuma) of Stephen's words are irresistible (ou ischysan antistēnai, they were not strong enough to withstand). Luke echoes Jesus's promise that the Spirit will give words to his witnesses (Luke 21:15). Stephen's rhetoric operates at a level beyond human argumentation; it is the Spirit's own power deployed through human speech.
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