Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 7:56
I see the Son of man standing — As if it were just ready to receive him. Otherwise he is said to sit at the right hand of God.
I see the Son of man standing — As if it were just ready to receive him. Otherwise he is said to sit at the right hand of God.
ACTS 7:56 to.n ui`o.n tou/ avnqrw,pou Instead of tou/ avnqrw,pou a few witnesses (î74 614 copbo2 mss geo) read tou/ qeou/, which Kilpatrick thinks may possibly be original....
I SEE THE HEAVENS OPENED - A figurative expression, denoting that he was permitted to see “into” heaven, or to see what was there, as if the firmament was divided, and the eye was permitted to penetra...
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...
ACTS 7:54 TO ACTS 8:1_ A_. DEATH OF STEPHEN. The speech of Stephen cuts the hearers to the quick. It is not said that they interrupted him; the speech is complete, but their apparent and vehement ange...
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...
As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and he gazed steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God...
BEHOLD Greek. _idou,_ App-133.:2. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. SEE. behold. Greek. _theoreo._ App-133. THE HEAVENS. Plural See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. OPENED. Greek. anoigo, but...
_the Son of man_ This title, which in the Gospels is only used by Christ when speaking of Himself, is here first employed by another, and can fitly be so employed now, for the prophecy which Christ ut...
ΔΙΗΝΟΙΓΜΈΝΟΥΣ with אABC. 56. ΤῸΝ ΥἹῸΝ ΤΟΥ͂�, _the Son of Man_. This title, which in the Gospels is only used by Christ when speaking of Himself, is here first employed by another, and can fitly be so...
EFFECT OF THE SPEECH. DEATH OF STEPHEN...
_STEPHEN, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR ACTS 7:51-60:_ Stephen charged the people with: (1) being stiff necked, (2) uncircumcised in heart, (3) resisting the Holy Ghost, and (4) failing to keep the word...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΘΕΩΡΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ (G2334) видеть, ΔΙΗΝΟΙΓΜΈΝΟΥΣ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΔΙΑΝΟΊΓΩ (G1272) открывать. _Perf._ указывает на состояние ил...
BEHOLD, I SEE THE HEAVENS OPENED,— The reality of Stephen's seeing this vision, as he described it, appears from the improbability of his being guilty of any design to deceive, as well as from the aut...
See notes on verse 54...
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. AND SAID. BEHOLD, I SEE THE HEAVENS OPENED, AND THE SON OF MAN STANDING ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD....
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...
THE SON OF MAN] Here only is this title applied to Jesus by any one except Himself. It indicates that Stephen saw Him in human form: see on Matthew 8:20....
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...
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...
BEHOLD, I SEE THE HEAVENS OPENED. — It is manifest that the vision was given to the inward spiritual eye, and not to that of sense. No priest or scribe saw the glory of the opened heavens, and, theref...
A MARTYR'S GLORIOUS DEATH Acts 7:47-60 Words like these could not be forgiven. The growing irritation of the audience seems to have extorted those burning remonstrances, and to have hastened the fin...
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...
Stephen Slain For Preaching the Truth Like their fathers before them, Stephen accused the members of the council of having necks so rock hard that they could not bow before God. Though they had been c...
Stopped their ears, crying out, blasphemy: and they stoned him to death. He praying for them, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit, in imitation of his Lord and Master, our Saviour Christ. And[5]...
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. (52) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain...
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...
_STEPHEN’S VISION_ ‘Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.’ Acts 7:56 Many do not think Christ worth living for: St. Stephen thought Him worth dying...
56._Behold, I see the heavens. _God meant not only privately to provide for his servant, but also to wring and torment his enemies; as Stephen doth courageously triumph over them, when he affirmeth pl...
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...
AND SAID, BEHOLD, I SEE THE HEAVENS OPENED,.... As they were at the baptism of Christ, Matthew 3:16: AND THE SON OF MAN STANDING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD; he calls Jesus "the son of man"; a name by w...
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Ver. 56. _Behold, I see, &c._] Christ as man could see as far into heaven as Stephen now did, who cou...
_When they heard these things_ These plain, and undeniable, and alarming truths; _they were cut to the heart_ Or sawn asunder, the original word being the same that is used chap. Acts 5:33. And not pe...
AND SAID, BEHOLD, I SEE THE HEAVENS OPENED, AND THE SON OF MAN STANDING ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. Stephen's speech was probably not finished as he had intended, but the increasing impatience and the m...
The glory of God revealed to Stephen:...
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...
AND SAID, " LOOK! I SEE THE HEAVENS OPENED AND THE SON OF MAN STANDING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD! " 1. Stephen told everyone what he saw. 2. The heavens opened and the Son of Man (Jesus, the Messiah)...
and said, Behold,. see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. 'BEHOLD,. SEE'-'Not many years before, another prisoner had stood at the bar before the same court, cha...
54-60 Nothing is so comfortable to dying saints, or so encouraging to suffering saints, as to see Jesus at the right hand of God: blessed be God, by faith we may see him there. Stephen offered up two...
I SEE THE HEAVENS OPENED; God not suffering any distance to hinder this refreshing sight. THE SON OF MAN; so Christ is frequently called; and St. Stephen would by this inform them, how vain they were...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III But that both the apostles and their disciples thus taught as the Church preaches, and thus teaching were perfected, wherefore also they were called away to that wh...
Acts 7:56 and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) Look G2400 (G5628) see G2334 (G5719) heavens G3772 opened...
‘And said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.” At what he saw he could not help himself, and he cried out and declared his interpretation of what...
THE FINAL CONCLUSION (7:54-60). Learned judges do not like those who are on trial trying to convict them of being criminals, and as they were unwilling to admit that they were wrong the result was in...
Acts 7:56. THE SON OF MAN. This Messianic name, which first appears in the vision of Daniel (Acts 7:13), was a title which Christ often gave to Himself when on earth, but which was never applied to Hi...
OPENED (διηνοιγμενους). Perfect passive predicate participle of διανοιγνυμ (cf. Matthew 3:16; Luke 3:21).THE SON OF MAN (τον υιον του ανθρωπου). Elsewhere in the N.T. in Christ's own words. Here S...
Acts 7:56 The Witnesses for the Glorified Son of Man. I. When Stephen spoke the words of our text, the truth which he had been proclaiming in all his discourse, which he had perceived to be the subje...
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...
THE SON OF MAN STANDING. Compare notes on Matthew 26:64-65....
_He being full of the Holy Ghost._ THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT IN THE PROTO-MARTYR Note how explicitly the character, attainments, and triumph of Stephen are ascribed to the Holy Spirit. In the first not...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 7:54. CUT TO THE HEART.—See on Acts 7:33. The word describes a keener pang than “pricked “in Acts 2:37. GNASHED ON HIM WITH THEIR TEETH.—Lit. _snapped their teeth against him_,...
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...
Acts 10:11; Acts 10:16; Daniel 7:13; Daniel 7:14; Ezekiel 1:1;...
I see [θ ε ω ρ ω]. See on Luke 10:18. The Son of man. A title never applied to Christ by any of the apostles or evangelists, except here by Stephen. See on Luke 6:22....
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...