Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Acts 7:13
Joseph's race. Note the repetition of the name. "A certain sense of patriotic pride is implied in it."
Joseph's race. Note the repetition of the name. "A certain sense of patriotic pride is implied in it."
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...
ACTS 7:13 avnegnwri,sqh It is probable that scribes changed the verb avnegnwri,sqh (î74 a C D E H P most minuscules) to the simple form evgnwri,sqh (A B itp vg) because the compound form seems to imp...
JOSEPH WAS MADE KNOWN - Genesis 45:4. JOSEPH’S KINDRED ... - His relatives; his family, Genesis 45:16....
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...
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...
"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...
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...
AT. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. MADE KNOWN. Greek. _anagnorizomai._ Only here. Compare App-132. KINDRED. race. Greek. _genos._ WAS MADE KNOWN. became (Greek. _ginomai)_ manifest (Greek. _phaneros._ A...
_was made known_ The original is not the same in the two clauses for this expression. Read in the latter "Joseph's kindred _became known_," &c....
Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
Omit τοῦ before ἸΩΣΉΦ with BC. In אAE we have τὸ γένος αὐτοῦ. _Vulg_. ‘genus ejus.’ 13. ἈΝΕΓΝΩΡΊΣΘΗ, _was made known_. The verb used in the LXX. (Genesis 45:1) of this event. ΦΑΝΕΡῸΝ ἘΓΈΝΕΤΟ, _becam...
_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...
ΈΝ ΤΩ ΔΕΥΤΈΡΩ (G1722; G1208) во второй раз, во время второго посещения (Barrett), ΆΝΕΓΝΩΡΊΣΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΆΝΑΓΝΩΡΊΖΩ (G319) сообщать; _pass._ (с _dat._), "позволять узнать себя" (BD, 103). О...
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,...
See notes on verse 9...
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. AND AT THE SECOND TIME JOSEPH WAS MADE KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN; AND JOSEPH'S KINDRED WA...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
ἀνεγνωρίσθη : the compound verb apparently from LXX, Genesis 45:1. φανερὸν ἐγέν., _cf._ Luke 8:17; Luke 4:36; Luke 1:65;...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
AND AT THE SECOND TIME JOSEPH WAS MADE KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN,.... That is, when the brethren of Joseph went a second time down to Egypt for corn, Joseph made himself known unto them, Genesis 45:1. AN...
AND AT THE SECOND TIME JOSEPH WAS MADE KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN; AND JOSEPH'S KINDRED WAS MADE KNOWN UNTO PHARAOH....
The story of Jacob and Joseph:...
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...
AND THE SECOND _TIME_ JOSEPH WAS MADE KNOWN TO HIS BROTHERS, AND JOSEPH ' S FAMILY BECAME KNOWN TO THE PHARAOH. 1. Finally, Joseph revealed himself to his brothers. 2. He explained his presence in E...
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh. This information is found in Genesis 43:1; Genesis 44:1; Genesis 45:1;...
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...
Upon their second coming into Egypt, GENESIS 45:3,4,16, Joseph made himself known unto them. JOSEPH'S KINDRED WAS MADE KNOWN UNTO PHARAOH; for the continuance of their sustenance, and fulfilling of wh...
Acts 7:13 And G2532 second G1722 G1208 Joseph G2501 known G319 (G5681) his G846 brothers G80 and...
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...
‘And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race became openly made known to Pharaoh.' But their fathers had not remained in blindness. At the second opportunity, (the...
Acts 7:13. JOSEPH'S KINDRED WAS MADE KNOWN UNTO PHARAOH. The name of Joseph is repeated (it occurred before in this verse) with some pride by Stephen. The fact of these wandering shepherd ancestors of...
_(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...
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...
_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...
AT THE SECOND TIME (εν τω δευτερω). This expression only here in the N.T. This second visit is recorded in Genesis 45:1.BECAME MANIFEST (φανερον εγενετο). In Genesis 41:12 the fact that Joseph wa...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
Genesis 45:1; Genesis 46:31; Genesis 47:1...
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...