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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 7:46 oi;kw| {B}
Of the two readings, oi;kw| is to be preferred on the basis of both
external evidence (it is supported by a combination of Alexandrian and
Western witnesses: î74 a* B D copsapt _...
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Verse 46. _DESIRED TO FIND A TABERNACLE_] This was in David's heart,
and it met with the Divine approbation: see 2 Samuel 7:2, c., and see
the purpose, Psalms 132:2 but, as David had been a man of wa...
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WHO FOUND FAVOUR ... - That is, God granted him great prosperity, and
delivered him from his enemies.
TO FIND A TABERNACLE - To prepare a permanent dwelling-place for the
“ark,” and for the visible sy...
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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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The speech comes nearer the charge it is to refute. The Temple itself
is wrong. Moses acted on direct Divine injunction as to the tabernacle
of witness which he made according to the pattern showed hi...
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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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BEFORE. in the eyes of. Greek. _enopion._
DESIRED. asked. Greek. _aiteo._ App-134. See 2 Samuel 7:2; 2 Samuel
7:3.
TABERNACLE. Greek. _skenoma._ Only here and 2 Peter 1:13;...
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_to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob_ referring to Psalms 132:5,
"Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty
God of Jacob." A reading which is largely accepted gives, "f...
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ΟἼΚΩΙ for θεῷ with אBDH. _Vulg_. has ‘Deo.’
46. ΕὙΡΕΙ͂Ν ΣΚΉΝΩΜΑ ΤΩ͂Ι ΟἼΚΩΙ ἸΑΚΏΒ,
_to find a tabernacle for the house of Jacob_. This is the reading
preferred by most critics. Tischendorf says ‘τῷ οἴ...
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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_THE TRUE TABERNACLE OF GOD ACTS 7:44-50:_ Israel had the tabernacle
of witness. The tabernacle was built according to the pattern shown
Moses. The Tabernacle was a perpetual witness between God and t...
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ΕΎΡΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΥΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147)
находить,
ΉΤΉΣΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ спрашивать;
_med._ просить о милости для себя,
ΕΎΡΕΪ́Ν _aor. act. inf., inf._ в косвенной
речи,
ΣΚΉΝΩΜΑ (G4638...
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AND DESIRED TO FIND A TABERNACLE, &C.— 'Ητησατο, _made it his
petition._ From the account which the Scripture gives of David, it
appears how greatly he longed to find out a place for the Lord,—_an
hab...
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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 44...
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Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the
God of Jacob.
WHO FOUND FAVOUR BEFORE GOD AND DESIRED, [ eeteesato (G154)] - or,
'asked for himself'
TO FIND A TABERNACLE, ...
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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...
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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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WHO FOUND FAVOUR BEFORE GOD. — Again we trace, though still in the
form of a narrative, an indirect answer to the accusation brought
against Stephen. He was ready to acknowledge without reserve that t...
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ὃς εὗρε χάριν, _cf._ Luke 1:30, Hebraistic, _cf._ Genesis
6:8; it may be tacitly implied that had the temple been so important
as the Jew maintained, God would have allowed the man who found favour
be...
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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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God's True House
The pattern for the making of the tabernacle was one of the things God
revealed through Moses. Very clearly, Stephen noted that God intended
for His pattern to be followed exactly (He...
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CHURCH EDIFICES
44-50. Here Stephen alludes to the grand spiritual meaning of the
portable tabernacle which God dictated to Moses on Sinai and the
beautiful symbolic significance of Solomon's temple....
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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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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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WHO FOUND FAVOUR BEFORE GOD,.... That is, David, who had an interest
in the free favour and love of God, was chosen of God, a man after his
own heart, and raised up to do his will; and who had the gra...
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Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the
God of Jacob.
Ver. 46. _Who found favour_] This he made more account of than of his
crown and sceptre, Psalms 4:6. Like as when h...
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_Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness_ Greek, του
μαρτυριου, _of the testimony._ The two tables of stone, on
which the ten commandments were written, were most properly _the
testimony_, as being...
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TABERNACLE; this is a different word from that which is translated
tabernacle in verse Acts 7:44, and here means a permanent structure,
or fixed habitation. 2 Samuel 7:2-7; 1 CHRONICLES 22:7-19....
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The Tabernacle and the Temple:...
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WHO FOUND FAVOR BEFORE GOD, AND DESIRED TO AND A TABERNACLE FOR THE
GOD OF JACOB....
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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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who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find. habitation for
the God of Jacob....
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42-50 Stephen upbraids the Jews with the idolatry of their fathers,
to which God gave them up as a punishment for their early forsaking
him. It was no dishonour, but an honour to God, that the tabern...
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FOUND FAVOUR BEFORE GOD; as LUKE 1:30. DESIRED TO FIND A TABERNACLE
FOR THE GOD OF JACOB; it was David's earnest request, that he might
any ways glorify God, especially in his worship, and that he mig...
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Acts 7:46 who G3739 found G2147 (G5627) favor G5485 before G1799 God
G2316 and G2532 asked G154 ...
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‘Who found favour in the sight of God, and asked to find a
habitation for the house of Jacob (or in some MSS ‘the God of
Jacob').'
And David himself found favour in God's sight, and wanted to find som...
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REPLY TO THE CHARGE OF SPEAKING AGAINST THE LAW AND THE TEMPLE
(7:44-53).
Having been accused of speaking against the Law Stephen defends
himself by speaking in favour of the oracles of God and point...
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WHAT ISRAEL'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS GOD'S DWELLINGPLACE HAD BEEN (7:44-50).
What Stephen said here would mainly have been acceptable to many
Hellenistic Jews, certainly in Alexandria where they were used...
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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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ASKED
(ηιτησατο). Aorist middle (indirect) indicative, asked for
himself (as a favour to himself). Cf. 2 Samuel 7:2.A HABITATION
(σκηνωμα). Like Psalms 132:5, but it was a house that David
propose...
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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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OUR ANCESTORS HAD THE TENT OF GOD'S PRESENCE. [_Tabernacle_ is an old
word for _tent._] This tent was a "portable temple," and served to
focus the worship of God and act as a witness to the Covenant....
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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 7:45. OUR FATHERS THAT CAME AFTER should be simply _our fathers._
JESUS is _Joshua_, as in Hebrews 4:8. INTO (lit. in) THE POSSESSION OF
THE GENTILES.—Meaning that the Ark was...
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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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1 Chronicles 17:1; 1 Chronicles 22:7; 1 Chronicles 22:8; 1 Chronicles
28:2;...
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Desired [η τ η σ α τ ο]. More correctly, asked : through
Nathan. See 2 Samuel 7:2.
Tabernacle [σ κ η ν ω μ α]. It was not a tabernacle or tent
which David proposed to build, but a house. See 2 Samuel...
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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...
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Who petitioned to find a habitation for the God of Jacob — But he
did not obtain his petition: for God remained without any temple till
Solomon built him a house. Observe how wisely the word is chosen...