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Acts 7:38
This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the Mount Sina and with our fathers; who received the lively oracles to give unto us;
This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the Mount Sina and with our fathers; who received the lively oracles to give unto us;
ACTS 7:38 h`mi/n {B} As usual the manuscripts differ in their testimony to the first and second person plural pronouns, which, being pronounced alike, were constantly confused by scribes. It appears...
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 38. _WITH THE ANGEL WHICH SPAKE TO HIM_] Stephen shows that Moses received the law by the ministry of angels; and that he was only a mediator between the angel of God and them. _THE LIVELY ORA...
IN THE CHURCH - The word “church” means literally “the people called out,” and is applied with great propriety to the assembly or multitude called out of Egypt, and separated from the world. It has no...
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...
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...
"It was this man who said to the sons of Israel, 'God will raise up a prophet from among your brothers, like me.' It was this Moses who was in the gathering of the people in the wilderness, with the a...
CHURCH. App-186. LIVELY. living. Figure of speech _Idioma._ App-6. ORACLES. utterances. Greek. _logion._ Only here; Romans 3:2. Heb 5:12. 1 Peter 4:11....
_This is he, that was in the church_[CONGREGATION] _in the wilderness_ i.e. with the congregation of Israel assembled at Mount Sinai. _with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina_[SINAI] As in...
ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΙ, _in the congregation_, i.e. with the congregation of Israel assembled at Mt. Sinai. ΜΕΤᾺ ΤΟΥ͂�, _with the angel_. As in 35, the angel is God Himself; just so in Acts 7:31 the voice...
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...
ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part., см._ Acts 7:13. Part, в роли _subst._ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΊΑ (G1577) _dat. sing._ собрание, группа собравшихся вместе людей, община израильтян (BAGD). ΛΑΛΟΎΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. par...
THIS IS HE, THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH— When this clause is quoted, as it has been by some great men, to prove that Christ was the person who brought Israel out of Egypt, gave them the law, conducted them...
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 38...
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: THIS IS HE THAT WAS...
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...
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...
IN THE CHURCH] i.e. in the congregation or assembly of all Israel at Mt. Sinai when the Law was given and the Covenant made and ratified. On this occasion Moses again typified Christ by acting as Medi...
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...
THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS. — The word _ecclesia_ is used, as it had been in the LXX. (Deuteronomy 18:16; Deuteronomy 23:1; Psalms 26:12), for the “congregation” of Israel. Of the earlie...
οὗτός : again emphatic use. ἐκκλησίᾳ : “in the congregation,” R.V. margin: held in the wilderness for the giving of the law, although the word does not occur in Exodus 19, but _cf._ Deuteronomy 31:30;...
STEPHEN'S DEFENSE: DISOBEDIENCE IN THE WILDERNESS Acts 7:30-46 The angel who appeared in the bush that burned with fire was the angel of God's presence, who saved the Israelites and bare them and car...
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...
Israel's Rebellion That very deliverer was the one who foresaw the day God would raise up another prophet like him. Moses faithfully worked with those Jews who had been called out of bondage. Through...
_This is he who was in the Church [4] in the wilderness, after God had by him delivered their Fathers out of their slavery in Egypt. --- An angel spoke to him on Mount Sinai. By this St. Stephen owns...
THE CHURCH 36-38. _“This is the one who is in the church in the wilderness along with the angel speaking to him in Mt. Sinai and with our fathers.”_ As ecclesia, the word constantly used by the Holy G...
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...
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. (31) When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he...
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...
38.Stephen proceedeth to set forth the frowardness (440) of the people, who though they were provoked [stirred up] with so many benefits of God, yet did they never cease maliciously to reject him. If...
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...
THIS IS HE THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS,.... Which must be understood of the children of Israel, who were the then church of God, whom he had chosen and separated from the rest of the worl...
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and _with_ our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: Ver. 38. _Lively ora...
Acts 7:37, 38. "This is that Moses which said unto the children of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me; him shall ye hear. This is he that was in...
_This is that Moses which said, A prophet_, &c. Here Stephen shows that there is no opposition between Moses and Christ. And it is mentioned as one of the greatest honours God put upon Moses; nay, as...
HE; Moses. Exodus 19:3-25....
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...
" THIS IS HE WHO WAS IN THE CONGREGATION IN THE WILDERNESS WITH THE ANGEL WHO SPOKE TO HIM ON MOUNT SINAI, AND _WITH_ OUR FATHERS, THE ONE WHO RECEIVED THE LIVING ORACLES TO GIVE TO US, 1. The KJV us...
This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us: 'CHURCH'-Not in the sense o...
30-41 Men deceive themselves, if they think God cannot do what he sees to be good any where; he can bring his people into a wilderness, and there speak comfortably to them. He appeared to Moses in a...
IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS; or congregation; with the rest of the people in all their difficult journey. THE ANGEL; see ACTS 7:30. THE LIVELY ORACLES; God's law and word is so called, as the only...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV figures which ye made to worship them; "[177] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews And when the gold out of the necklaces of the women and the rings of the men had bee...
Acts 7:38 This G3778 he G2076 (G5748) was G1096 (G5637) in G1722 congregation G1577 in G1722 wilderness...
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...
‘This is he who was in the congregation (church) in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us. To whom our fath...
Acts 7:38. THIS IS HE, THAT WAS IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS. ‘God's church,' writes Wordsworth here, ‘is not limited to _Judæ._ It was in the _wilderness;_ and _there_ Moses, your great lawgiver,...
_Third Division of Stephens Speech._ Acts 7:37-53. _Moses and the Prophets._ Moses is again the central figure of the history, but now he stands forward as the great deliverer of the people. Stephen h...
IN THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS (εν τη εκκλησια εν τη ερημω). Better rendered "congregation" here as in Hebrews 2:12 (Psalms 22:22), the people of Israel gathered at Mt. Sinai, the whole nation. Mos...
CHURCH Israel in the land is never called a church. In the wilderness Israel was a true church (Greek, "ecclesia" means "called-out assembly"), but in striking contrast with the New Testament ecclesi...
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...
HE IS THE ONE. That is, Moses. Stephen still shows them their ancestors did not honor Moses. THE ANGEL WHO SPOKE TO HIM. Compare Acts 7:53; Galatians 3:19. GOD'S LIVING MESSAGE. The Law. Compare Roman...
_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...
_This is he … who received the lively oracles to give unto us._ LIVING ORACLE Whatever sense “lively” (A.V.) may once have had, it can only now mislead: it is limited to certain special characteristi...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 7:38 CONGREGATION. The characteristic NT word for “church.” The idea that the law was mediated by angels was well established in Judaism. It is repeated in v. Acts 7:53
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 7:18. 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 Peter 4:11; Acts 7:30; Acts 7:35; Acts 7:53; Deuteronomy 30:19;...
Lively. Better, living, as Rev. Compare 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 2:5....
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...
This is he — Moses. With the angel, and with our fathers — As a mediator between them. Who received the living oracles — Every period beginning with, And the Lord said unto Moses, is properly an oracl...