^7:51“You stubborn¹⁵³ people, with uncircumcised¹⁵⁴ hearts and ears!¹⁵⁵ You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors¹⁵⁶ did! ^7:52Which of the prophets did your ancestors¹⁵⁷ not persecute?¹⁵⁸ They¹⁵⁹ killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One,¹⁶⁰ whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!¹⁶¹

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Footnotes

153 Traditionally, “stiff-necked people.” Now the critique begins in earnest.
154 The term ἀπερίτμητοι (aperitmētoi, “uncircumcised”) is a NT (occurs only once). See ἀπερίτμητος and Isa 52:1.
155 Or “You stubborn and obstinate people!” (The phrase “uncircumcised hearts and ears” is another figure for stubbornness.)
156 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
157 Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
158 Which … persecute. The rhetorical question suggests they persecuted them all.
159 Grk “And they.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.
160 The Righteous One is a reference to Jesus Christ.
161 Whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. The harsh critique has OT precedent (1 Kgs 19:10–14; Neh 9:26; 2 Chr 36:16).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also. Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you! Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“You stiff-necked people and uncircumcised in hearts and in your ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so also do you! Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand about the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become,

KJV 1900King James Version

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

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