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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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ACTS 7:37 o` qeo,j
The original text, o` qeo,j (î74 a A B D 81 vg copsa, bo eth), has
undergone various expansions. Since the Septuagint reads ku,rioj
before o` qeo,j ...
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Verse 37. _THIS IS THAT MOSES, WHICH SAID - A PROPHET_, c.] This very
Moses, so highly esteemed and honoured by God, announced that very
prophet whom ye have lately put to death. See the observations...
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WHICH SAID ... - Deuteronomy 18:15, Deuteronomy 18:18. See this
explained, Acts 3:22. Stephen introduced this to remind them of the
promise of a Messiah; to show his faith in that promise; an
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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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"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...
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THAT. the.
A PROPHET. Quoted from Deuteronomy 18:15. Compare Acts 3:22.
YOUR. The texts omit.
RAISE UP. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178.
LIKE UNTO. as.
HIM SHALL YE HEAR. The texts omit, but not the S...
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The prophecy is in Deuteronomy 18:15, and has been already quoted by
St Peter (Acts 3:12) as referring ultimately to the Messiah. Its
quotation to those who had rejected Jesus is the key-note of what...
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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ἈΝΑΣΤΉΣΕΙ Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ ἘΚ with אABD. _Vulg_.
‘suscitabit Deus de.’
αὐτοῦ� omitted with אABHP. _Vulg_. has ‘ipsum audietis.’
37. ΠΡΟΦΉΤΗΝ. The prophecy is in Deuteronomy 18:15, and has
been already quoted b...
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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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ΕΊΠΑΣ _aor. act. part. (adj.)_, _см._ Acts 7:26.
ΆΝΑΣΤΉΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ
поднимать, будить (_см._ Acts 7:18; 3:22)....
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A PROPHET SHALL THE LORD YOUR GOD, &C.— Concerning this prophesy,
see the note on Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 18:22....
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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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38-40. To keep prominent the ill treatment received by Moses at the
hands of the people, the speaker proceeds to note their conduct in the
wilderness. (38) "_This is he that was in the congregation in...
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This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto
me; him shall ye hear.
THIS IS THAT MOSES WHICH SAID UNT...
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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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7:37 Israel, (g-11) See Deuteronomy 18:15-18 ....
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A PROPHET] The importance of Moses, according to Stephen, is that he
is the type and forerunner of a greater than himself, whose coming he
foretold: see Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 18:18 and cp. Ac...
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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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A PROPHET SHALL THE LORD YOUR GOD RAISE UP. — The parallelism
previously suggested is now distinctly proclaimed, and shown to be a
fulfilment of the prediction of Deuteronomy 18:18. The prediction
its...
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οὗτός, _cf._ Acts 7:35, _cf._ Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy
3:22, above. The introduction of the prophecy may mean that St.
Stephen wished in this as in the preceding and following verse to
emphasise...
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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...
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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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(4) This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A
prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear.
(4) He acknowledges Moses as the...
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THE CHURCH
36-38. _“This is the one who is in the church in the wilderness
along with the angel speaking to him in Mt. Sinai and with our
fathers.”_ As ecclesia, the word constantly used by the Holy G...
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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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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...
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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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37._A Prophet shall God raise up. _Stephen endeavoreth undoubtedly to
prove by these words that Christ is the end of the law; although he
doth not express the same in plain words. And assuredly, (as w...
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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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THIS IS THAT MOSES WHICH SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... What is
recorded in Deuteronomy 18:15.
A PROPHET, c.
Acts 3:22....
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This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto
me; him shall ye hear.
Ver. 37. _Like unto me_] _See Trapp...
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Acts 7:37, 38. "This is that Moses which said unto the children of
Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your
brethren like unto me; him shall ye hear. This is he that was in...
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_This is that Moses which said, A prophet_, &c. Here Stephen shows
that there is no opposition between Moses and Christ. And it is
mentioned as one of the greatest honours God put upon Moses; nay, as...
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The disobedience of the Jews:...
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THIS IS THAT MOSES WHICH SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, A PROPHET
SHALL THE LORD, YOUR GOD, RAISE UP UNTO YOU OF YOUR BRETHREN LIKE UNTO
ME; HIM SHALL YE HEAR....
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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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" THIS IS THAT MOSES WHO SAID TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, _‘THE LORD
YOUR GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN._
_HIM_ _YOU SHALL HEAR._ '__
1. Stephen now quotes from Deuter...
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LIKE UNTO ME:
Or, as myself...
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This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel,. prophet
shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
'A PROPHET...LIKE UNTO ME'- Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 18:18....
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30-41 Men deceive themselves, if they think God cannot do what he
sees to be good any where; he can bring his people into a wilderness,
and there speak comfortably to them. He appeared to Moses in a...
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St. Stephen would show, that he was so far from speaking against
Moses, as they falsely imagined, that he recommended none but him,
whom Moses had so long before spoken of. A PROPHET; Christ the
Messi...
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38-40. To keep prominent the ill treatment received by Moses at the
hands of the people, the speaker proceeds to note their conduct in the
wilderness. (38) "_ This is he that was in the congregation i...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians
And that [the Son of God] was to be made man [Moses shows when] he
says, "A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me."[9]
Clemen...
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Acts 7:37 This G3778 is G2076 (G5748) Moses G3475 who G3588 said G2036
(G5631) children G5207 Israel...
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‘This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, “A
prophet shall God raise up to you from among your brethren, like to
me.” '
Stephen then makes clear the parallel between Moses and Jesus by...
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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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Acts 7:37. THIS IS THAT MOSES, WHICH SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
A PROPHET SHALL THE LORD YOUR GOD RAISE UP UNTO YOU, LIKE UNTO ME (see
note on Acts 3:22). While speaking generally of the singul...
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_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...
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LIKE UNTO ME
(ως εμε). This same passage Peter quoted to the crowd in
Solomon's Porch (Acts 3:22). Stephen undoubtedly means to argue that
Moses was predicting the Messiah as a prophet like himself...
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LORD
Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 18:15)....
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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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GOD WILL SEND YOU A PROPHET. This prophecy destroys the charge against
Philip, which accused him of blaspheming Moses. Since Moses spoke
about a prophet who would supersede himself, the one who truly...
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_This is that Moses which said … a prophet shall the Lord your God
raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me._
MOSES, A TYPE OF CHRIST
How emphatic is the expression! “This is that Moses!” You...
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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 7:37 Christ is the PROPHET whom Moses predicted
(see Deuteronomy 18:15; Acts
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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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2 Chronicles 28:22; Acts 3:22; Acts 3:23; Acts 7:38; Daniel 6:13;...
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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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The Lord will raise you up a prophet — St. Stephen here shows that
there is no opposition between Moses and Christ. Deuteronomy 18:15...