But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he himself fought against them.
⛓ Read Isaiah 63 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion4
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'You always resist the Holy Spirit' echoes 'they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit' — the rare OT 'Holy Spirit' language Stephen deploys against the present generation.
High confidence'Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God' alludes to Israel who 'rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit.' Volume is high (the rare collocation 'grieve' + 'Holy Spirit' is virtually unique to Isa 63:10 in the OT) and coherence is excellent. One of the strongest non-quotation allusions in the chapter.
High confidence'They rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit, so he turned to be their enemy' is one of the rare OT texts naming the Holy Spirit and a rebellion against it. Attributing the Spirit's work to an unclean spirit (v.30) is precisely grieving/blaspheming the holy Spirit; availability of the exact phrase is notable.
Medium confidence'They rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy.' Background to the unforgivable 'blasphemy against the Holy Spirit' — opposing the Spirit's manifest work (the exorcisms just performed) provokes irrevocable judgment.
Medium confidence