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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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NOW THERE CAME A DEARTH - A famine, Genesis 41:54.
AND CHANAAN - Jacob was living at that time in Canaan.
FOUND NO SUSTENANCE - No food; no means of living....
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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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ABRAHAM AND THE PATRIARCHS. The High Priest invites Stephen to plead
to the charge. Addressing his audience in the style used by Paul (Acts
22:1), Stephen speaks of the theophany to Abraham, placing i...
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"So he gave him the covenant of which circumcision was the sign. So he
begat Isaac and he circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac begat
Jacob and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. The patriarchs...
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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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THE LAND OF. Omit.
SUSTENANCE. Greek. _chortasma._ Only here. Compare the verb
_chortazo_. to fill. First occurance Matthew 5:6....
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_Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan_, &c.
The oldest MSS. omit "the land of."
_our fathers found no sustenance_ The noun in Greek is generally used
of food for cattle rather...
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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ΤῊΝ ΑἼΓΥΠΤΟΝ with אABC. _Vulg_. ‘in universam
Ægyptum.’
11. ἘΦ' ὍΛΗΝ ΤῊΝ ΑἼΓΥΠΤΟΝ, _over all Egypt_.
ΧΟΡΤΆΣΜΑΤΑ, _sustenance_. The word is generally used of food
for cattle rather than men. See LXX....
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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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ΗΫΡΙΣΚΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΥΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147)
находить,
ΧΌΡΤΑΣΜΑ (G5527) пища. Изначально корм
животных, позже стало употребляться и
для обозначения человеческой пищи
(Bruce)....
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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 9...
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Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and
great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. NOW THERE CAME
A DEARTH OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT AND CHANAAN, AND GREAT AF...
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13 These synagogues were doubtless very lax in their adherence to the
Jewish law and customs, yet they are not ashamed to charge Stephen
with this, in order to inflame the Sanhedrin against him. The f...
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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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(11-14) NOW THERE CAME A DEARTH... — So far as we can trace the
sequence of thought, there seems the suggested inference that as those
who, in the history of Joseph, had persecuted him, came afterward...
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CHAPTER 15
ST. STEPHEN'S DEFENCE AND THE DOCTRINE OF INSPIRATION.
Acts 6:12; Acts 7:1
ST. STEPHEN and St. Philip are the two prominent names among the
primitive deacons. Stephen, however, much surp...
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STEPHEN'S DEFENSE: GOD'S FIRST CALLED ONES
Acts 7:1-13
There are several touches in this eloquent apology which deserve
notice. Acts 7:2: “The God of glory.” This chapter begins and ends
with glory....
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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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Life In Egypt
Abraham's great-grandson, Joseph, was sold into Egypt because of the
jealousy of his own brothers. Coffman sees this incident as
prefiguring the rejection of God's intended deliverer on...
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JOSEPH TYPICAL OF CHRIST
9-16. The symbolism of Joseph is entirely in the royal line of Jesus.
In his deep disgrace and humiliation, slavery and imprisonment, he
emblematizes Christ in His first adven...
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And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory
appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before
he dwelt in Haran, (3) And said unto him, Get thee out of thy co...
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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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11._There came a famine. _Hereby it appeareth that the deliverance of
Joseph was such a benefit as was common to all the family of Jacob.
For, seeing the famine drew on, (396) Joseph was sent before i...
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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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NOW THERE CAME A DEARTH OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND CANAAN,....
This dearth, or famine, is said to be in all lands, Genesis 41:54
though only Egypt and Canaan are mentioned here, because the histo...
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_Now there came a dearth_ According to the prediction of Joseph, when
the seven preceding years of extraordinary plenty were past, which he
had also predicted; _over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan_...
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NOW THERE CAME A DEARTH OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT AND CANAAN AND
GREAT AFFLICTION, AND OUR FATHERS FOUND NO SUSTENANCE....
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The story of Jacob and Joseph:...
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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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NOW A FAMINE AND GREAT TROUBLE CAME OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT AND
CANAAN, AND OUR FATHERS FOUND NO SUSTENANCE.
1. And then came a famine. Not only in Egypt but over Canaan as well.
Nothing was growi...
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Now there came. famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great
affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
'NOW THERE CAME'-Just as Joseph had predicted.
'OUR FATHERS'-Jacob and the remaining 11 s...
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1-16 Stephen was charged as a blasphemer of God, and an apostate from
the church; therefore he shows that he is a son of Abraham, and values
himself on it. The slow steps by which the promise made to...
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A DEARTH; this is mentioned, GENESIS 41:54, &c. AND GREAT AFFLICTION;
as seldom any mischief comes alone, rapine and many diseases follow
famine. FOUND NO SUSTENANCE; any coarse diet, grass or herbs....
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Acts 7:11 Now G1161 famine G3042 and G2532 great G3173 trouble G2347
came G2064 (G5627) over G1909 all...
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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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‘Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great
affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance, and when Jacob heard
that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first
t...
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_First Division of the Speech,_ 2-16. _The Age of the Patriarchs
Abraham and Joseph._
(a) Acts 7:2-8. _ABRAHAM THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL._ Stephen relates
the well-known incident, fraught with such m...
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EXCURSUS.
On certain alleged Discrepancies in Stephen's Speech.
A great deal has been written upon certain supposed inaccuracies which
occur in the speech of Stephen, as given in the seventh chapter...
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_(b) Acts 7:9-16_. _Joseph._ Passing from the first appearance of the
visible glory to the great ancestor, and the promise made by the
Eternal to him, a wanderer without land and without a home, after...
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FOUND NO SUSTENANCE
(ουχ ηυρισκον χορτασματα). Imperfect active, kept
on not finding.CHORTASMATA
is fromCHORTAZO
, originally to feed with grass (χορτος) or herbs. Old word, but
only here in the...
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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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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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THEN THERE WAS A FAMINE. _Genesis Chapter s 39-50_ tell about Joseph....
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_And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; but God
was with him._
THE PATRIARCHS AND THEIR YOUNGER BROTHER
This picture of patriarchal life is not a flattering one, and was
“writte...
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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 7:9. MOVED WITH ENVY, or _jealousy_, they, the patriarchs, sold
Joseph INTO EGYPT—_i.e._, to be carried thither. Stephen condenses
the Genesis narrative.
Acts 7:10. The PHARAO...
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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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Genesis 41:54; Genesis 43:1; Genesis 45:11; Genesis 45:5; Genesis 45:6
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Sustenance [χ ο ρ τ α σ μ α τ α]. For their cattle : fodder.
See on shall be filled, Matthew 5:6....
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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...