Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 7:20
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months;
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months;
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 7:20. _MOSES - WAS EXCEEDING FAIR_] αστειος τω θεω, _Was fair to_ _God_, i.e. was divinely beautiful. Exodus 2:2....
IN WHICH TIME ... - During this period of oppression. See Exodus 2:2, etc. WAS EXCEEDING FAIR - Greek: “was fair to God”; properly rendered, “was very handsome.” The word “God” in the Greek here in ac...
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...
MOSES. Stephen describes the growth of the people, the change of ruler and his oppression, as in Exodus 1. ACTS 7:20. FAIR UNTO GOD (_mg._): from Exodus 2:2; Philo and Josephus speak of the beauty o...
"When the time for the fulfillment of the promise which God had told to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, until there arose another king in Egypt who had no knowledge of...
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...
MOSES. See note on Acts 8:22. EXCEEDING FAIR. fair to God. Figure of speech _Idioma._ App-6. FAIR. Greek. _asteios._ Only here and Hebrews 11:23. The word used in Exodus 2:2, Septuagint nourished up...
_In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair_ The last phrase is literally "fair unto (i.e. in the sight of) God." This is a Hebrew mode of expressing a high degree of any quality. Thus (Jona...
Omit αὐτοῦ with אABCHP. 20. ἈΣΤΕΙ͂ΟΣ ΤΩ͂Ι ΘΕΩ͂Ι, _exceeding fair_. Literally, ‘fair unto (i.e. in the sight of) God.’ This is a Hebrew mode of expressing a high degree of any quality. Thus (Jonah 3:3)...
Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
_THE JEWISH NATION AND THE LAND OF EGYPT ACTS 7:9-43:_ The patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt. Envy caused Joseph's brothers to sell him into Egypt as a slave. God was with Joseph and gave him favor wi...
ΈΓΕΝΝΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΓΕΝΝΆΩ (G1080) рожать ребенка, зачинать; _pass._ рождаться, ΑΣΤΕΊΟΣ (G791) принадлежащий к городу, с манерами городского жителя, вежливый, элегантный, изящный (RWP). Вер...
WAS EXCEEDING FAIR— 'Αστειος τω Θεω, _fair to God;_ or _divinely fair:_ for we have had occasion frequently to observe, that the word _God_ is often made use of in the Hebrew as expressive of the supe...
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,...
See notes on verse 17...
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: IN WHICH TIME - of deepest depression and urgent need. MOSES WAS BORN - the destined del...
18 It is probable that the lot of Israel in Egypt was pleasant under the dynasty which was acquainted with Joseph, who made these rulers absolute masters in Egypt, for he got for them all the silver a...
7:20 exceedingly (a-9) Lit. 'fair to God,' a known Hebraism....
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...
WAS EXCEEDING FAIR] lit. 'fair unto God,' i.e. fair even in the eyes of God: cp. Genesis 10:9, 'a mighty hunter before Jehovah.'...
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...
EXCEEDING FAIR. — Literally, as in the margin, _fair to God._ The adjective is found in the LXX. of Exodus 2:2, as applied to Moses. The special idiom for expressing pre-eminent excellence is itself e...
ἐν ᾧ καιρῷ, _cf._ Acts 1:7; Acts 3:19, characterising the time, comp. Bengel, _tristi, opportuno_ : on the name Μωυσῆς see Blass, _Grammatik_. p. 10, and Hamburger, _Real-Encyclopâdie des Judentums_,...
STEPHEN'S DEFENSE: THE DELIVERER FROM BONDAGE Acts 7:14-29 Moses, we are here told, was “mighty in words;” that is, in eloquence as well as in deeds. This confirms the statement of the Jewish histori...
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...
Moses' Rejection By God's People Into such a climate, Moses was born, a child particularly pleasing to God. He was hidden by his parents for three months. Afterward, God caused him to be found by Phar...
In which time Moses was born, and was (k) exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: (k) This child was born through God's merciful goodness and favour, to be of a lovely an...
_Moses... was acceptable to God. [2] Greatly favoured both with gifts of nature and grace. Some expound it, was extremely fair or beautiful. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Gratus Deo, _Greek: asteios to t...
_“At which time Moses was born, and was beautiful unto God.”_ The E. V. does not give you the clear translation of this beautiful passage, which reveals that Moses was beautiful in the divine estimati...
MOSES TYPICAL OF CHRIST 17-40. While Joseph so beautifully and vividly emblematizes King Jesus, both in His humiliation and in His glory, Moses equally grandly emblematizes the mediatorial Christ, him...
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, (18) Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. (19) The same dealt subtlety w...
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...
20.It is not without cause that Stephen noteth the circumstance of time. Moses was born at the very same time when the king had commanded that all the men children should be cast out. Therefore, it se...
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...
IN WHICH TIME MOSES WAS BORN,.... The word Moses, is differently written in the New Testament; sometimes Moses, as here, sometimes Mo-yses, as in Acts 7:35 sometimes Mo-yseus, as in Acts 15:1 and som...
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: Ver. 20. _Exceeding fair_] Passing pretty, a proper child, as the apostle hath it, Hebrews 1...
_When the time of the promise drew nigh_ That is, the time for the accomplishment of the promise; _which God had sworn to Abraham_ Concerning the multiplication of his seed; see note on Genesis 22:16;...
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...
AT THIS TIME MOSES WAS BORN, AND WAS WELL PLEASING TO GOD; AND HE WAS BROUGHT UP IN HIS FATHER ' S HOUSE FOR THREE MONTHS. 1. How ironic that while the king was killing all Hebrew males born, he was...
EXCEEDING FAIR: Or, fair to God...
At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house. 'AT WHICH SEASON'-'Right when the mistreatment was harshest is when Moses was born.' ...
17-29 Let us not be discouraged at the slowness of the fulfilling of God's promises. Suffering times often are growing times with the church. God is preparing for his people's deliverance, when their...
EXCEEDING FAIR, or, fair to God; which though some understand of the inward beauty of the mind, (which is indeed the most admirable), yet in this place there is no more to be understood by it, than th...
Acts 7:20 At G1722 this G3739 time G2540 Moses G3475 born G1080 (G5681) and G2532 was G2258 ...
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...
‘At which season Moses was born, and was extremely handsome, and he was nourished three months in his father's house.' At Israel's worst time Moses was born, and he was ‘fair to God'. We can compare...
_Second Division of the Speech,_ 17-36. _The Age of Moses._ The second part of the defence commences with the long-looked-for approach of the time when ‘the promise,' now centuries old, should be fulf...
Acts 7:20. IN WHICH TIME. That is, in this season of terror and of bitter oppression. MOSES WAS born, and was exceeding fair. Tradition writes of him as ‘being beautiful as an angel.' Josephus speaks...
EXCEEDING FAIR (αστειος τω θεω). Ethical dative, fair to God (as God looked at him). Αστειος is from αστυ, city, and so means "of the city," with city manners and polish. Old word, only twice in th...
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...
Acts 7:14. Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, and were carried over...
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...
18-21. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT MOSES WAS BORN. _Exodus Chapter s 1-2_ tells about this....
_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...
_In which time Moses was born._ MOSES, A MAN OF GOD AND A MAN OF THE PEOPLE I. From the people, according to flesh and blood. II. Above the people, according to spirit and character. III. For the...
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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 7:20 Stephen’s recital of the story of MOSES is in three parts, covering 40 years each: birth and years in Pharaoh’s court (vv. Acts 7:17), flight from Egypt and stay i
_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 7:18. ANOTHER KING WHICH KNEW NOT JOSEPH.—This was Aahmes, the first monarch of the eighteenth dynasty, “a prince of great force of character, brave, active, energetic, libera...
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 Samuel 16:12; Exodus 2:2; Hebrews 11:23...
Time [κ α ι ρ ω]. Better, season or juncture. "Sad, seasonable" (Bengel). See on Acts 1:7. Exceeding air [α σ τ ε ι ο ς τ ω θ ε ω]. Lit., fair unto God : a Hebrew superlative. Compare Jonah 3:3 : grea...
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...
In which time — A sad but a seasonable time. Exodus 2:2....
From the history of Abraham and Joseph, St. Stephen descends to that of Moses; where we have observable, 1. The birth and education of Moses, HE WAS BORN AND HID THREE MONTHS IN HIS FATHER'S HOUSE; a...