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ACTS 7:35 dikasth,n
In this verse reference is made to the earlier citation (ver. Acts
7:27) of the quotation from Exodus 2:14....
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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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WHOM THEY REFUSED - That is, when he first presented himself to them,
Exodus 2:13. Stephen introduces and dwells upon this refusal in order,
perhaps, to remind them that this had been the character of...
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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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"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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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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DELIVERER. redeemer. Greek. _lutroes._ Only here. Compare _lutron,_
ransom (Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45); _lutroo,_ redeem (1 Timothy 2:14;...
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Stephen here begins to point out how in old time the people had
rejected Moses, though he had the witness of God that his commission
was Divine, that he may shew his hearers how they are acting in the...
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ἈΠΈΣΤΑΛΚΕΝ ΣῪΝ ΧΕΙΡῚ with אABDE. _Vulg_.
‘misit cum manu.’
35. Stephen now addresses himself to another point and shews how in
old time the people had rejected Moses, though he had the witness of
God...
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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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ΉΡΝΉΣΑΝΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΡΝΈΟΜΑΙ
(G720) отказываться, отрицать; здесь·,
отказываться узнавать или признавать
(Schneider; EDNT).
ΕΊΠΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 7:26.
ΚΑΤΈΣΤΗΣΕΝ _ao...
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THIS MOSES, WHOM THEY REFUSED,— As the terms of high respect, in
which St. Stephen, through the whole of his discourse, speaks of
Moses, tended to shew how improbable it was, that he should have
spoke...
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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 30...
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This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a
judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand
of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
THIS MOSES W...
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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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7:35 saying, (f-6) See Exodus 2:14 ....
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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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A RULER AND A DELIVERER] lit. 'a ruler and redeemer.' Moses'
'redemption' of the people from the bondage of Egypt was a type of
Christ's greater redemption of them from the bondage of sin and Satan....
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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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THE SAME DID GOD SEND TO BE A RULER AND A DELIVERER. — Literally, _a
ruler and redeemer._ The word is not found elsewhere in the New
Testament, but is formed from the noun for “ransom” in Matthew
20:2...
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τοῦτον : followed by the triple οὗτος, a significant and
oratorical repetition _anaphora_ or repetition of the pronoun, _cf._
Acts 2:23; Acts 5:31 (so Bengel, Blass, Viteau, see also Simcox,
_Language...
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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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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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This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a
judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the
(m) hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
(m) By t...
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Moses, whom they refused. Literally, denied. So have you rejected, and
denied Jesus, of whom Moses prophesied, when he said that God would
raise up to them a prophet like to himself, and commanded the...
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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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35.Stephen passeth over many things, because he maketh haste unto this
stun, that the Jews may understand that the fathers were not delivered
therefore, because they had deserved that with their godli...
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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 MOSES, WHOM THEY REFUSED,.... That is, the Israelites; the
Ethiopic version reads, "his kinsmen denied"; those of his own nation,
and even of his family: "saying, who made thee a ruler and a judg...
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This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a
judge? the same did God send _to be_ a ruler and a deliverer by the
hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
Ver. 35. _By...
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_This Moses, whom they refused_ Namely, forty years before: probably
not they, but their fathers did it, and God imputes it to them. So God
frequently imputes the sins of parents to those of their chi...
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In obscurity and retirement God often prepares men for the discharge
of great and momentous public duties; and when the proper time
arrives, he so orders events that they cannot, without rebelling
aga...
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THIS MOSES WHOM THEY REFUSED, SAYING, WHO MADE THEE A RULER AND A
JUDGE? THE SAME DID GOD SEND TO BE A RULER AND A DELIVERER BY THE HAND
OF THE ANGEL WHICH APPEARED TO HIM IN THE BUSH....
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Moses the deliverer:...
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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 Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee. ruler and. judge?
him hath God sent to be both. ruler and. deliverer with the hand of
the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
'THIS MOSES WHOM...
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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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A DELIVERER; or, a redeemer; but only as a type of Christ, _in whom
alone we have redemption through his blood, _ EPHESIANS 1:7; as Moses
by the blood of the paschal lamb brought forth and saved the p...
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Acts 7:35 This G5126 Moses G3475 whom G3739 rejected G720 (G5662)
saying G2036 (G5631) Who G5101 made...
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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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‘This Moses whom they refused, saying, “Who made you a ruler and a
judge?” him has God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer by the
hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.'
So the one w...
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Acts 7:35. THIS MOSES. Very impressively and with marked emphasis,
Stephen, in Acts 7:35-38, four times repeats the demonstrative pronoun
thus: ‘This Moses,' ‘This is that Moses,' ‘This is he,' etc.,...
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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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THIS MOSES
(Τουτον τον Μωυσην). Rhetorical repetition follows this
description of Moses (five times, anaphora, besides the use here, six
cases of ουτος here about Moses: verse Acts 7:35 twice, Acts...
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ANGEL
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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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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MOSES IS THE ONE WHO WAS REJECTED. He comes down hard on this fact! He
does this to reach the climax of Acts 7:37....
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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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_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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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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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 7:35 Stephen presents Moses as a type of Christ:
both were men whom GOD SENT, both served as a REDEEMER (see Luke
24:21),
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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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_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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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 Samuel 10:27; 1 Samuel 12:8; 1 Samuel 8:7; 1 Samuel 8:8; Acts 2:36;...
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Deliverer [λ υ τ ρ ω τ η, ν]. Strictly, a ransomer or
redeemer. Only here in New Testament, See on ransom, Matthew 20:28;
and redeemed, 1 Peter 1:18.
By the hand [ε ν χ ε ι ρ ι] The best texts read s...
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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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This Moses whom they refused — Namely, forty years before. Probably,
not they, but their fathers did it, and God imputes it to them. So God
frequently imputes the sins of the fathers to those of their...