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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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Verse Acts 7:6. _THAT HIS SEED SHOULD SOJOURN IN A STRANGE LAND_] See
Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14.
_FOUR HUNDRED YEARS._] MOSES says,...
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AND GOD SPAKE ON THIS WISE - In this manner, Genesis 15:13.
HIS SEED - His posterity; his descendants.
SHOULD SOJOURN - This means that they would have a “temporary
residence there.” The word is used...
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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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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 high priest said, "Is this so?" And Stephen said, "Men, brothers
and fathers, listen to what I have to say. The God of glory appeared
to Abraham our father when he was in Mesopotamia, before he li...
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SPAKE. Greek. _laleo._ App-121. Quoted from Genesis 15:13; Genesis
15:14.
SOJOURN. be. stranger. Greek. _paroikos._ Here, Acts 7:29;...
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_And God spake on this wise_ The words are substantially those which
we find in Genesis 15:13-14.
_four hundred years_ This number agrees with the number stated in
Genesis; but in Exodus 12:40, and al...
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ἘΛΆΛΗΣΕΝ ΔΈ. The words are in substance taken from Genesis
15:13-14, though here turned into an indirect narration.
ἜΤΗ ΤΕΤΡΑΚΌΣΙΑ, _four hundred years_. This number agrees
with that stated in Genesis...
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Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
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_THE CALL OF ABRAHAM ACTS 7:1-8:_ The High Priest wanted to know if
the things said about Stephen were true. Stephen's faith in Hebrew
history was strong because he knew it was God at work. Stephen be...
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ΈΛΆΛΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ говорить.
ΈΣΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΙΜΊ, _см._ Acts 7:2.
ΠΆΡΟΙΚΟΣ (G245) чужак, иноземец, временно
живущий в стране. Перевод_евр._ 3ר, ger,
тот, кто живет в...
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SOJOURN IN A STRANGE LAND;— Some think that this is said in
opposition to their sojourning as strangers in the land of Canaan,
Hebrews 11:9 which was not _a strange land,_ but theirs by divine
promise...
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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 5...
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And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange
land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them
evil four hundred years.
AND GOD SPAKE ON THIS WISE. THAT...
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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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7:6 thus. (c-4) See Genesis 15:13-16 . them (d-19) Lit. 'it,' the
seed....
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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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See Genesis 15:13; Genesis 15:16. FOUR HUNDRED YEARS] so Genesis 15:18
more precisely 430 years, Exodus 12:40. But there was another
tradition w
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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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AND THAT THEY SHOULD BRING THEM INTO BONDAGE... — Here again there
is another apparent discrepancy of detail. Taking the common
computation, the interval between the covenant with Abraham and that
wit...
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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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δέ : not in contrast to the fact just mentioned that Abraham had no
child, but introducing a fuller account of God's promise. The
quotation is from LXX, Genesis 15:13, with a few alterations; in LXX
a...
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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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A Face Like an Angel
Perhaps Paul reported to Luke the remarkable appearance of the face of
Stephen. Luke told Theophilus that those in the council saw Stephen's
face "as the face of an angel." The cl...
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And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange
land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them]
evil (e) four hundred years.
(e) Four hundred years are cou...
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For four hundred years, counting from the birth of Isaac, which was
twenty-five years after the call and promises made to Abraham. It is
certainly the Israelites were not four hundred years in Egypt....
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EXPATRIATION
1-7. Despite the awful doom of the antediluvians, the people after the
flood soon became terribly wicked. While they constantly ploughed up
the bones of their antediluvian predecessors, f...
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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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6._Thy seed shall be a stranger. _Stephen putteth the Jews in mind in
how miserable and reproachful an estate their fathers were in Egypt;
and showeth that this their servitude, wherewith they were op...
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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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AND GOD SPAKE ON THIS WISE,.... The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions
read, "and God spake to him", and so does one of Beza's copies; and
the Ethiopic version reads it both ways, God "said thus to Abr...
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And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange
land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat _them_
evil four hundred years.
Ver. 6. _Four hundred years_] Beg...
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_And God spake, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land_ When
God had brought Abraham into this country, he did not keep him and his
posterity here till the time when they were to enter upon th...
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SOJOURN IN A STRANGE LAND; Egypt. Genesis 15:13-16....
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AND GOD SPAKE ON THIS WISE, THAT HIS SEED SHOULD SOJOURN IN A STRANGE
LAND; AND THAT THEY SHOULD BRING THEM INTO BONDAGE, AND ENTREAT THEM
EVIL FOUR HUNDRED YEARS....
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The promise to Abraham:...
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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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BUT GOD SPOKE IN THIS WAY: THAT HIS DESCENDANTS WOULD DWELL IN A
FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BRING THEM INTO BONDAGE AND OPPRESS
_THEM_ FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
1. God chose His words carefully. The...
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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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SHOULD SOJOURN IN A STRANGE LAND, as men which dwell in houses that
are not their own; which seem to contradict the promise mentioned in
the foregoing verse; but it is only to make Abraham the more be...
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Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
if, before the priesthood of the Levitical law, there were not levites
who were wont to offer sacrifices to God? For thus, after the
above-mentioned patriarchs, was t...
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Acts 7:6 But G1161 God G2316 spoke G2980 (G5656) way G3779 that G3754
his G846 descendants G4690 would...
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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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‘And God spoke in this vein, that his seed would sojourn in a
strange land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and treat
them ill, four hundred years.'
Nor did God promise immediate possessi...
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Acts 7:6. AND GOD SPAKE ON THIS WISE. Stephen here quotes the passage
to which he had been previously alluding, with a very slight
variation, from the LXX. of Genesis 15:14-15, the very words spoken b...
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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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_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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ON THIS WISE
(ουτως). A free quotation from Genesis 15:13.SHOULD SOJOURN
(εστα παροικον). Shall be a sojourner, Παροικος
(παρα, beside, οικος, home), one dwelling near one's home,
but not of it, s...
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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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WILL LIVE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY. Egypt. See Genesis 15:13-16. FOUR
HUNDRED years. From the birth of Isaac to the Exodus. It was four
hundred and thirty years from the calling of Abraham (Galatians
3:16...
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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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_When his father was dead He removed him into this land._
THE DIFFICULTY AS TO THE DATE OF ABRAHAM’S MIGRATION
Terah died at Haran at the age of two hundred and five (Genesis
11:32.). From Genesis 11...
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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 7:6 FOUR HUNDRED YEARS. That is, the time Israel
spent in Egypt.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 7:2. Concerning what Stephen SAID in reply, Luke’s information
may have been derived either from Paul, who probably was present on
the occasion (Acts 26:10), and afterwards in...
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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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Exodus 12:40; Exodus 12:41; Galatians 3:17; Genesis 15:13; Genesis 1
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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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Genesis 15:13....
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Observe here, The great trial which God put Abraham's faith unto; The
Lord promised to give him the land of Canaan for. possession, but he
gave him not. foot's breadth: He promised to give it unto his...