As if the face of an angel (ωσε προσωπον αγγελου). Even his enemies saw that, wicked as they were. See Ex 34:30 for the face of Mo…

Looking stedfastly on him. Fixing the eyes intently on him. Probably they were attracted by the unusual appearance of the man, his meeknes…

Looking steadfastly on him.—St. Luke’s characteristic word. (See Note on Acts 1:10.)

Saw his face as it had been the face of an…

The members of the council “looked intently” at Stephen as he was brought before them and saw one whose appearance was “like the face of an angel.”…

And when they had beheld. In courts of judgment, people commonly turn their eyes toward the accused when they expect him to make his defen…

And all that sat in the council The whole sanhedrim,

When they could not answer Stephen's arguments as a disputant, they prosecuted him as a criminal and brought false witnesses against him.