The covenant, or the testament, [1] and alliance of circumcision, by which the Israelites should be known to be the elect people of God. (Witham) --- Literally, he gave them the alliance of circumcision; he made with him an alliance, of which circumcision was the seal. (Bible de Vence)
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Testamentum, Greek: ten diatheken. See Hebrews ix. 16.
ACTS 7:3-51 In addition to several direct quotations from the Septuagint, Stephen’s speech consists of a series of allusions to and summaries of Israelitish history. In these phrases drawn from the O...
Verse Acts 7:8. _HE GAVE HIM THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION_] That is, he instituted the _rite_ of circumcision, as a _sign_ of that _covenant_ which he had made with him and his posterity. See Genesis...
AND HE GAVE HIM - That is, God appointed or commanded this, Genesis 17:9. THE COVENANT - The word “covenant” denotes properly “a compact or agreement between two or more persons,” usually attended wit...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Address of Stephen (Acts 7:1)._ 2. The Martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7:54). This is the largest chapter in this book and concludes the first section. Stephen is the chosen instrumen...
ABRAHAM AND THE PATRIARCHS. The High Priest invites Stephen to plead to the charge. Addressing his audience in the style used by Paul (Acts 22:1), Stephen speaks of the theophany to Abraham, placing i...
"So he gave him the covenant of which circumcision was the sign. So he begat Isaac and he circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac begat Jacob and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. The patriarchs...
STEPHEN'S DEFENCE (Acts 7:1-7) When Oliver Cromwell was outlining the education he thought necessary for his son Richard, he said, "I would have him know a little history." It was to the lesson of hi...
COVENANT. Greek. _diatheke._ See note on Matthew 26:28. PATRIARCHS. See note on Acts 2:29....
_the covenant of circumcision_ Given the year before Isaac was born (Genesis 17:21)....
Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
ΔΙΑΘΉΚΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΤΟΜΗ͂Σ, _the covenant of circumcision_. This was given the year before Isaac was born (Genesis 17:21)....
_THE CALL OF ABRAHAM ACTS 7:1-8:_ The High Priest wanted to know if the things said about Stephen were true. Stephen's faith in Hebrew history was strong because he knew it was God at work. Stephen be...
ΈΔΩΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 7:5. ΔΙΑΘΉΚΗ (G1242) договор, завет (TDNT; IDB, 1:714-23; DCH; TDOT; TWOT). Знаком завета, данного Аврааму, было обрезание (Cleon L.Rogers, Jr., "The Covenant with A...
AND HE GAVE HIM THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION:— St. Stephen, the reader may observe, draws no inferences. If he had denied the charge laid against him, as there were two witnesses who swore against him...
c. Stephen's defence. Acts 7:1-53. Acts 7:1 And the high priest said, Are these things so? Acts 7:2 And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham,...
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And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. AND HE GAVE HIM THE COVE...
13 These synagogues were doubtless very lax in their adherence to the Jewish law and customs, yet they are not ashamed to charge Stephen with this, in order to inflame the Sanhedrin against him. The f...
CIRCUMCISION] Genesis 17:9....
DEFENCE AND MARTYRDOM OF STEPHEN 1-53. Speech of Stephen. There is every reason to believe that this speech was really delivered by St. Stephen, and not composed by St. Luke; for, (1) the speech does...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 7 STEPHEN’S SPEECH, PART 1: ABRAHAM’S *FAITH IN GOD, 7:1-8 V1 The *high priest asked Stephen, ‘Is this true?’ V2 Stephen replied, ‘Listen, brot...
AND HE GAVE HIM THE COVENANT... — Here we trace an indirect reference to the charge that he had spoken “against the customs.” He does not deny the specific charge that he had said that Jesus of Nazare...
CHAPTER 15 ST. STEPHEN'S DEFENCE AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION. Acts 6:12; Acts 7:1 ST. STEPHEN and St. Philip are the two prominent names among the primitive deacons. Stephen, however, much surp...
διαθήκην, _fœdus_ (Grimm, Blass), the same word is used in LXX, Genesis 17:10, and with two or three exceptions uniformly in LXX for “covenant,” so too in the Apocrypha with apparently two exceptions....
STEPHEN'S DEFENSE: GOD'S FIRST CALLED ONES Acts 7:1-13 There are several touches in this eloquent apology which deserve notice. Acts 7:2: “The God of glory.” This chapter begins and ends with glory....
The charge against Stephen was that he had spoken against the Temple and the Law. His reply consisted of a masterly review of the history of the nation from the calling of Abraham to the rejection of...
A Face Like an Angel Perhaps Paul reported to Luke the remarkable appearance of the face of Stephen. Luke told Theophilus that those in the council saw Stephen's face "as the face of an angel." The cl...
REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION 8. While the physical birth emblematizes regeneration, it is equally true that physical circumcision typifies sanctification. The Jewish law was to circumcise eight da...
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, (3) And said unto him, Get thee out of thy co...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
8._He gave him the covenant. _When as he confesseth that circumcision is the covenant of God, he cleareth himself sufficiently of that crime which was laid to his charge; but, in the mean season, he s...
Stephen, [11] as far as we are told, had not known the Lord during His life on earth. Certainly he was not appointed, like the apostles, to be a witness of that life. He was simply the instrument of t...
AND HE GAVE HIM THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION,.... Or the covenant, of which circumcision was a sign or token, Genesis 17:11. Stephen speaks here in the language of the Jews, who are wont to speak of c...
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so _Abraham_ begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac _begat_ Jacob; and Jacob _begat_ the twelve patriarchs. Ver. _8-18_] _See Tra...
_And God spake, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land_ When God had brought Abraham into this country, he did not keep him and his posterity here till the time when they were to enter upon th...
AND HE GAVE HIM THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION; AND SO ABRAHAM BEGAT ISAAC, AND CIRCUMCISED HIM THE EIGHTH DAY; AND ISAAC BEGAT JACOB; AND JACOB BEGAT THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS. For Abraham the promises of...
The promise to Abraham:...
The high priest only asks the question, "Are these things so?" Then God provides room for Stephen to speak without interruption for some time. This stands in striking contrast to the way in which the...
THEN HE GAVE HIM THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION; AND SO _ABRAHAM_ BEGOT ISAAC AND CIRCUMCISED HIM ON THE EIGHTH DAY; AND ISAAC _BEGOT_ JACOB, AND JACOB _BEGOT_ THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS. 1. After the promis...
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs. 'COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION'- Genesi...
1-16 Stephen was charged as a blasphemer of God, and an apostate from the church; therefore he shows that he is a son of Abraham, and values himself on it. The slow steps by which the promise made to...
HE GAVE HIM, Abraham, of whom he was speaking, _the convenant of circumcision; _ of which covenant, circumcision was the sign and seal by which, on the part of Abraham and his seed it was stipulated,...
Acts 7:8 Then G2532 gave G1325 (G5656) him G846 covenant G1242 circumcision G4061 and G2532 so G3779 begot...
FROM ABRAHAM TO THE PROPHET LIKE MOSES - REPLY TO THE CHARGE OF BLASPHEMY AGAINST GOD AND MOSES (7:2-43). The only way Stephen had of replying to charges of blasphemy when he had no supporting witness...
‘And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.' As a seal on these promises God...
Acts 7:8. AND HE GAVE HIM THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION: AND SO ABRAHAM BEGAT ISAAC. That is, God made with him the covenant, of which circumcision is the outward sign; and so (οὕτως _thus),_ in accord...
EXCURSUS. On certain alleged Discrepancies in Stephen's Speech. A great deal has been written upon certain supposed inaccuracies which occur in the speech of Stephen, as given in the seventh chapter...
_First Division of the Speech,_ 2-16. _The Age of the Patriarchs Abraham and Joseph._ (a) Acts 7:2-8. _ABRAHAM THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL._ Stephen relates the well-known incident, fraught with such m...
THE COVENANT OF CIRCUMCISION (διαθηκην περιτομης). A covenant marked by (genitive) circumcision (no article) of which circumcision is the sign (Romans 4:11) as set forth in Genesis 17:9-14. In the a...
Acts 6; Acts 7 Stephen. From the history of Stephen we learn: I. That fidelity to truth provokes antagonism; holiness and sin are mutually repellent; love and selfishness are the opposites of each o...
CONTENTS: Address of Stephen before the council. Stephen martyred. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Stephen, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Pharaoh, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Aaron, Solomon, Sau...
The scope and design of St. Stephen's defence before the council will be better understood, if it be properly analyzed. The rulers construed his defence to import, that the glory of their temple shoul...
AS A SIGN OF THE COVENANT. _Genesis 17._ All Jewish male babies received this sign. See notes on Colossians 2:11-12 for a contrast between this and spiritual circumcision....
_Then said the high priest, Are these things so?_ THE HIGH PRIEST AND HIS QUESTION This functionary was probably Theophilus, son-in-law of Caiaphas. The ex-officio president of the council called for...
_When his father was dead He removed him into this land._ THE DIFFICULTY AS TO THE DATE OF ABRAHAM’S MIGRATION Terah died at Haran at the age of two hundred and five (Genesis 11:32.). From Genesis 11...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 7:1 Stephen’s defense is the longest speech in Acts 1:1. It is a selective summary of OT history that turned the charges on his accusers: _they_ were the ones disobeying God because...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 7:1. The high priest’s question, ARE THESE THINGS SO? analogous to that put to Christ (Matthew 26:62), was equivalent to a modern “Guilty or not guilty?” Acts 7:2. Concerning...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 7:2. Concerning what Stephen SAID in reply, Luke’s information may have been derived either from Paul, who probably was present on the occasion (Acts 26:10), and afterwards in...
EXPOSITION ACTS 7:1 _And the high priest said _for then _said the high priest, _A.V. The high priest spoke as president of the Sanhedrim (see Acts 9:1. Acts 9:1 and...
Let's turn tonight to Acts chapter 7. In the early church when a dispute arose among the Grecians--that is, those Jews of the Grecian culture. They were actually Jews, but they had followed the Grecia...
1 Chronicles 1:34; 1 Chronicles 2:1; 1 Chronicles 2:2; Acts 2:29;...
The covenant of circumcision. There is no article, and it is better omitted in rendering. He gave him a covenant, the peculiar character of which is defined by the next word - of circumcision; i e., o...
STEPHEN'S APOLOGY Acts 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS After charges against Stephen had been placed, the High Priest with a show of honor, said, "Are these things so?" Stephen then stood forth and made his...
And so he begat Isaac — After the covenant was given, of which circumcision was the seal. Genesis 17:10....