8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
8 Now Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.
8 Stephen, brimming with God's grace and energy, was doing wonderful things among the people, unmistakable signs that God was among them.
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
8 Stephen, a man full of God's grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 6:8
Commentary on Acts 6:8-15
(Read Acts 6:8-15)
When they could not answer Stephen's arguments as a disputant, they prosecuted him as a criminal, and brought false witnesses against him. And it is next to a miracle of providence, that no greater number of religious persons have been murdered in the world, by the way of perjury and pretence of law, when so many thousands hate them, who make no conscience of false oaths. Wisdom and holiness make a man's face to shine, yet will not secure men from being treated badly. What shall we say of man, a rational being, yet attempting to uphold a religious system by false witness and murder! And this has been done in numberless instances. But the blame rests not so much upon the understanding, as upon the heart of a fallen creature, which is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Yet the servant of the Lord, possessing a clear conscience, cheerful hope, and Divine consolations, may smile in the midst of danger and death.