What Israel's Attitude Towards God's Dwellingplace Had Been (7:44-50).
What Stephen said here would mainly have been acceptable to many Hellenistic Jews, certainly in Alexandria where they were used to allegorisation. But it was not going to be acceptable in the home of the Temple.
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 44. _OUR FATHERS HAD THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS IN THE_ _WILDERNESS_] That is, the tabernacle in which the two tables of stone written by the finger of God were laid up, as a testimony that he h...
THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS - The “tent” or “tabernacle” which Moses was commanded to make. It was called a tabernacle of “witness,” or of “testimony,” because it was the visible witness or proof of God...
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...
The speech comes nearer the charge it is to refute. The Temple itself is wrong. Moses acted on direct Divine injunction as to the tabernacle of witness which he made according to the pattern showed hi...
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...
WITNESS. testimony. Greek. _marturion,_ as in Acts 4:33. See Exodus 25:16; Exodus 26:33; Exodus 30:6...
_Our fathers had the tabernacle of Witness_[of the TESTIMONY] _in the wilderness_ The name is found first Exodus 38:21. The ark is also called the _ark of the testimony_, as Exodus 25:22, &c., and the...
Omit ἐν before ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΠΑΤΡΆΣΙΝ with אABCDHP. 44. Ἡ ΣΚΗΝῊ ΤΟΥ͂ ΜΑΡΤΥΡΊΟΥ, _the tabernacle of the testimony_. This name is found first in Exodus 38:21 (Exodus 37:19, LXX.). The ark is also called ἡ κιβωτ...
Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
_THE TRUE TABERNACLE OF GOD ACTS 7:44-50:_ Israel had the tabernacle of witness. The tabernacle was built according to the pattern shown Moses. The Tabernacle was a perpetual witness between God and t...
ΔΙΕΤΆΞΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΔΙΑΤΆΣΣΟΜΑΙ (G1299) повелевать, ΛΑΛΏΝ _praes. act. part., см._ Acts 7:38. Part, в роли _subst._ ΠΟΙΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf., см._ Acts 7:19. _Inf._ в косвенной речи,...
OUR FATHERS HAD THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS— As St. Stephen had been accused of blaspheming the temple, he now proceeds to speak with peculiar propriety, and with due reverence, of their sacred places,...
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,...
44-50. Instead of either admitting or denying the charge of blasphemy against the temple, he undertakes to show the true religious value of that building. This he does, by first alluding to the movabl...
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. OUR FATHERS HAD [ en (G1722)...
41 Idolatry is, etymologically, the offering of divine service to that which can be perceived by the senses. In this way, all objects of worship, even if they are supposed to be representations of the...
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...
Stephen's reference to the movable tabernacle in the wilderness is probably intended to show that the worship of God is not necessarily confined to one place (Jerusalem), and that for adequate cause ...
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...
THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS. — The word was applied by the LXX. to the Tabernacle, as in Numbers 9:15; Numbers 17:7, as containing the Two Tables of Stone, which were emphatically the testimony of what...
Here again we notice that the first sanctuary of the fathers was not the temple, nor was it erected on holy ground, but ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ according to God's direct command. ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ μαρτ.: it is possible...
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...
God's True House The pattern for the making of the tabernacle was one of the things God revealed through Moses. Very clearly, Stephen noted that God intended for His pattern to be followed exactly (He...
(5) Our fathers had the tabernacle of (r) witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. (5) Moses indeed erect...
The tabernacle of the testimony, in which was the ark of the covenant, as they were made by Moses, which were moved from place to place with the Israelites in the wilderness; and which Jesus, or Josue...
CHURCH EDIFICES 44-50. Here Stephen alludes to the grand spiritual meaning of the portable tabernacle which God dictated to Moses on Sinai and the beautiful symbolic significance of Solomon's temple....
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...
44._The tabernacle of witness. _Stephen showeth here that the blame cannot be laid upon God, because the Jews polluted themselves with divers superstitions, as if God had suffered them to wander freel...
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...
OUR FATHERS HAD THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS IN THE WILDERNESS,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "of Sinai"; there it was that the tabernacle was first ordered to be built, and there it was built, and set...
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. Ver. 44. _Our fathers had the...
_Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness_ Greek, του μαρτυριου, _of the testimony._ The two tables of stone, on which the ten commandments were written, were most properly _the testimony_, as being...
THE TABERNACLE; a sacred tent, or movable structure, used before the erection of the temple for religious services, at the door of which God made communications to the people. Exodus 29:42-43; Exodus...
The Tabernacle and the Temple:...
OUR FATHERS HAD THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS IN THE WILDERNESS, AS HE HAD APPOINTED, SPEAKING UNTO MOSES THAT HE SHOULD MAKE IT ACCORDING TO THE FASHION THAT HE HAD SEEN....
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...
" OUR FATHERS HAD THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS IN THE WILDERNESS, AS HE APPOINTED, INSTRUCTING MOSES TO MAKE IT ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN THAT HE HAD SEEN, 1. In the wilderness the tabernacle was built....
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen. 'OF THE TESTIMONY'-3142....
42-50 Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers, to which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking him. It was no dishonour, but an honour to God, that the tabern...
THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS; called also _the tabernacle of the congregation,_ EXODUS 33:7, because about it on all solemn occasions the people assembled. Here it is called _the tabernacle of witness, _...
44-50. Instead of either admitting or denying the charge of blasphemy against the temple, he undertakes to show the true religious value of that building. This he does, by first alluding to the movabl...
Acts 7:44 Our G2257 fathers G3962 had G2258 (G5713) tabernacle G4633 witness G3142 G1722 in G1722 wilderness...
Acts 7:44. OUR FATHERS HAD THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS IN THE WILDERNESS. The mention of this Tabernacle of Moloch reminds Stephen that he has not yet spoken of the true Tabernacle, where the Eternal ha...
_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...
THE TABERNACLE OF THE TESTIMONY (η σκηνη του μαρτυριου). Probably suggested by the mention of "the tabernacle of Moloch" (verse Acts 7:43). See on Matthew 17:4 for discussion of σκηνη (from σκια, sh...
Acts 7:44 I. The wandering of the Israelites was all a parable. It was, if we may trust apostolic teachings, all a Divine shadow of that great invisible and spiritual society, the yet more mysterious...
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...
_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...
_To whom our fathers would not obey._ THE SIN OF ISRAEL I. Its manifold nature. 1. Disobedience (Acts 7:39). There is hardly a phase of Jewish history in which this sin does not appear. It was manif...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 7:44 Stephen turned to the charge made against him regarding the temple (Acts 6:12). He contrasted the tabernacle (or TENT) with the temple. The temple is not necessary
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 7:18. 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...
_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...
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 28:11; 1 Chronicles 28:19; 2 Chronicles 24:6; Exodus 25:40;...
STEPHEN'S LAST WORDS AND MARTYRDOM Acts 7:44 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us, by way of opening word, speak a few words on two great benefactions to Israel (see Acts 7:44). 1. THE FATHERS HAD THE TABERNA...
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony — The testimony was properly the two tables of stone, on which the ten commandments were written. Hence the ark which contained them is frequently calle...