act 7:57

"At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him,"

Acts 7:57

Imagine feeling corrected, corrected in a way you plan on continuing in. The religious leaders had power, they had money, and they had the people of Israel. So they covered their ears to Stephen's words, they ultimately covered their ears to God. "If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable." (proverbs 28:9). They knew this verse from the old testament, and i wonder how many times they quoted it, but its sad to see how quickly they would turn a deaf ear to God's messenger. Than again "like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool." (proverbs 26:7). God put convictions on their consciences, so they tried getting rid of the thing convicting them. At the top of their voices they rushed Stephen to kill him. The Sanhedrin had ears believe it or not, and in scripture we know, to those who have ears let them hear. They knew they had ears but out of their flesh they covered them. 

I never want my flesh to control me when i'm being rebuked. "Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you." (proverbs 9:8). I want to be a wise man of God, not a fool of the law.