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17 lines
716 B
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# Connecting Statement:
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The council reacts to Stephen's words.
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# Now when the council members heard these things
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This is the turning point; the sermon ends and the council members react.
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# were cut to the heart
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To "cut to the heart" is an idiom for making a person extremely angry. Alternate translation: "were extremely angry" or "became very angry" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# ground their teeth at Stephen
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This action expressed their strong anger at Stephen or hatred of Stephen. Alternate translation: "they became so angry that they ground their teeth together" or "moved their teeth back and forth as they looked at Stephen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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