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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...
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Verse Acts 7:25. _HE SUPPOSED HIS BRETHREN WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD_,
c.] He probably imagined that, as he felt from the Divine influence he
was appointed to be their deliverer, they would have his Divi...
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FOR HE SUPPOSED - This is not mentioned by Moses; but it is not at all
improbable. When they saw him “alone” contending with the
Egyptian; when it was understood that he had come and taken vengeance
o...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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WOULD HAVE. Omit.
DELIVER THEM. give them salvation....
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_for he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by
his hand would deliver them_ Better, AND _he supposed that his
brethren_ UNDERSTOOD _how that God by his hand_ WAS GIVING THEM
DELIV...
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Omit αὐτοῦ after ἈΔΕΛΦΟῪΣ with אBC. _Vulg_.
‘fratres’ only.
ΣΩΤΗΡΊΑΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ with אABCD. _Vulg_. ‘salutem
illis.’
25. ἘΝΌΜΙΖΕΝ ΔῈ ΣΥΝΙΈΝΑΙ … ΣΩΤΗΡΊΑΝ
ΑΥ̓ΤΟΙ͂Σ. Render, _and he supposed that his bret...
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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_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...
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ΈΝΌΜΙΖΕΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΝΟΜΊΖΩ (G3543)
предполагать,
ΣΥΝΙΈΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΣΥΝΊΗΜΙ (G4920)
воспринимать, понимать. _Inf._ в
косвенной речи,
ΔΊΔΩΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act., см._ Acts 7:5....
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HE SUPPOSED HIS BRETHREN WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD— It appears from this
passage, that Moses had received some immediate revelation from God,
that he was the person who should deliver Israel: besides, kno...
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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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See notes on verse 17...
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For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by
his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
FOR, [ de (G1161)] - 'But' or 'Now,' explaining the view under which
he acte...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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FOR HE SUPPOSED HIS BRETHREN WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD... — Better, _and
he supposed._ The Greek conjunction never has the meaning of
“for,” and the insertion of that word gives to the act of slaying
the...
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ἐνόμιζε δὲ : a comment by St. Stephen, but we are not told
upon what grounds Moses based his expectation (see however Lumby's
note, _in loco_). The verb is found in Luke 2:44; Luke 3:23, and seven
tim...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Cultured all his life in the Egyptian idolatry, flooded with all the
learning of the world, the greatest military general on the globe,
born with redoubtable physical courage, and a total stranger to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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FOR HE SUPPOSED HIS BRETHREN WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD HIM,.... From his
being an Hebrew in such high life; from his wonderful birth, and
miraculous preservation in his infancy, and education in Pharaoh's...
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For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his
hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Ver. 25. _But they understood not_] For by this time they through long
and har...
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_When he was forty years old_ So long he continued in Pharaoh's court;
_it came into his heart_ Probably by an impulse from God; _to visit
his brethren_ He having been instructed, it appears, in the k...
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FOR HE SUPPOSED HIS BRETHREN WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD HOW THAT GOD BY HIS
HAND WOULD DELIVER THEM; BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD NOT....
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Moses attempts to deliver his people:...
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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...
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FOR HE SUPPOSED THAT HIS BRETHREN WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT GOD WOULD
DELIVER THEM BY HIS HAND, BUT THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND.
1. He thought they would understand. God was preparing him to deliver
the...
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and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was
giving them deliverance; but they understood not.
'SUPPOSED'-'Moses looked upon the slaying of the Egyptian as being.
signal for...
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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...
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Acts 7:25 For G1161 supposed G3543 (G5707) his G846 brethren G80
understood G4920 (G5721) that G3754 God...
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‘But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to
visit his brethren the children of Israel. And seeing one of them
suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed,
s...
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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...
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_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...
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Acts 7:25. HE SUPPOSED HIS BRETHREN WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD. Some
communication had probably taken place between him and his kinsmen
since the time when it had first come into Moses' heart to visit his...
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HE SUPPOSED
(ενομιζεν). Imperfect active of νομιζω. He was
supposing, Stephen explains, when he smote the Egyptian.THAT HIS
BRETHREN UNDERSTOOD
(συνιενα τους αδελφους). Present active infinitive...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHEN MOSES WAS FORTY YEARS OLD. Exodus 2:11-15. The point Stephen
brings out, is that Israel rejected Moses, just as they did Joseph and
Jesus. Yet they knew how God had chosen both Joseph and Moses t...
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_And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit
his brethren._
THE PATRIOTISM OF MOSES
I. Long nursed--“forty years.”
1. Inspired by his mother. The precious time during which...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 Samuel 14:45; 1 Samuel 19:5;...
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Understood [σ υ ν ι ε ν α ι] See on understanding, Mark 12:33....
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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...
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They understood it not — Such was their stupidity and sloth; which
made him afterward unwilling to go to them....