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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Acts 7 - Introduction

* Stephen's defence. (1-50) Stephen reproves the Jews for the death of Christ. (51-53) The martyrdom of Stephen. (54-60)

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See also Acts 7 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This chapter Acts 7 contains the defense of Stephen before the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the Jews. There has been great diversity of opinion about the object which Stephen had in view in this def...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ACTS 7. SPEECH OF STEPHEN. The speech of Stephen stands after the introduction of the Hellenists, and in the course of the attack on them which led to their persecution and withdrawal from Jerusalem....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Acts 7:1. Stephen's Defence...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    STEPHEN, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR ACTS SEVEN In Acts chapter seven Stephen is asked to defend himself against the charges that he had "spoken blasphemous words against Moses, and against God." This...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of blasphemy, sheweth that Abraham worshipped God rightly, and how God chose the fathers, before Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple wer...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM Acts 1:1, Acts 7:60 All the events of the first seven Chapter s can be summed up under the heading: THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM. In the picture of the preceding page you can obser...

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    VII: 1. "_Then said the high priest, Are these things so?_" Stephen responds in a long and powerful discourse. There is great diversity of opinion among commentators, as to the logical bearing and con...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:2 up; (a-21) The word means 'receiving,' but with the prefix ( _ ana_ ) 'up,' as here, it has the active sense of 'taking up.' It is so translated except in 1 Timothy 3:16 . The more passive recepti...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    THE BOOK OF ACTS. CHAPTER. OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY. MARK DUNAGAN I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER 7: I. Stephen's Speech: Acts 7:1-53 A. The Life of Abraham: Acts 7:2-8 B. The Life of Joseph: Acts 7:9-16 C....

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    VII: 1. "_ Then said the high priest, Are these things so? " Stephen responds in a long and powerful discourse._ There is great diversity of opinion among commentators, as to the logical bearing and c...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 7 STEPHEN'S EVANGELISTIC DEFENCE. The words of Stephen in this chapter are a powerful defence against the charges made against him. That is unquestionable. But they are not a defence made by h...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    INTRODUCTION. THE SPEECH OF STEPHEN BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM. _The Main Argument._ The speech began with a grave and earnest defence of himself and his teaching, in the form of an elaborate historical ar...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CHAPTER 7 THE CHURCH BEGINS HER MARTYR ROLL—THE MURDER OF STEPHEN § 1. The Apology of Stephen; or, a Vindication of Christianity (Acts 7:1). § 2. The Progenitor of Israel; or, the History of Abrah...

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