Brethren. Addressing the audience generally.
Fathers. Addressing the members of the Sanhedrim.
Of glory. Outward, visible glory, as in the shekinah and the pillar of fire.
Appeared [ω φ θ η]. See on Luke 22:43.
Verse Acts 7:2. _MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS_] Rather, _brethren and_ _fathers_, for ανδρες should not be translated separately from αδελφοι. Literally it is men-brethren, a very usual form in Greek;...
MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS - These were the usual titles by which the Sanhedrin was addressed. In all this Stephen was perfectly respectful, and showed that he was disposed to render due honor to the...
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...
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...
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...
MEN. App-123. Compare Acts 1:11. GOD. App-98. GLORY. See p. 1511. This is the genitive of character. App-17. Compare Psalms 29:3, and note the seven other similar expressions, "the God of comfort" (R...
_And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken_ Omit _men_. Cp. Acts 1:16, note. For an account of the argument in Stephen's speech and its connection with the whole design of the writer of the Act...
Acts 7:1-53. STEPHEN’S DEFENCE...
ἌΝΔΡΕΣ�. Render, _Brethren and fathers_. For an account of the argument in Stephen’s speech and its connexion with the whole design of the writer of the Acts, see _Introduction_, p. xv. Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ΔΌ...
_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...
ΈΦΗ _impf._/aor. _ind. act. от_ ΦΗΜΊ (G5346) говорить (_см._ VA, 443-46). ΑΚΟΎΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, слушать. _Aor. imper._ призывает к специфическому действию, ΏΦΘΗ _aor....
AND HE SAID, MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS,— Dr. Benson has illustrated this speech of St. Stephen in a large and very judicious manner, to whom we shall be frequently obliged; and the following introduc...
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,...
2–4. We will now take up the different sections of the discourse, treating each separately, and showing their connected bearing upon his main purpose. Before exhibiting the manner in which Moses was t...
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 Charran, AND HE SAID, MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS,...
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...
MEN, etc.] RV 'Brethren and fathers'; i.e. Israelites, and Sanhedrists. IN MESOPOTAMIA] Genesis says nothing of an appearance in Mesopotamia, but such an appearance is implied, Joshua 24:2; Nehemiah 9...
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...
MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS. — The discourse which follows presents many aspects, each of special interest. (1) It is clearly an unfinished fragment, interrupted by the clamours of the by-standers (Act...
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...
Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοὶ καὶ πατέρες, _cf._ St. Paul's address, Acts 22:1, and also note on Acts 23:1. On St. Stephen's speech see additional note at the end of chapter. ὁ Θεὸς τῆς δόξης : lit [199], “the God o...
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...
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...
(2) And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of (a) glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in (b) Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, (2) Steven witnesses to the Jew...
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...
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...
2._Men, brethren, and fathers. _Although Stephen saw that those which sat in the council were, for the most part, the sworn enemies of Christ, yet because the ordinary government of the people did bel...
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 HE SAID,.... Stephen replied, in answer to the high priest's question, and addressed himself to the whole sanhedrim, saying: MEN, BRETHREN, AND FATHERS, HEARKEN; to the following oration and defe...
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 Charran, Ver. 2. _The God of glory_] Before whom se...
_Then said the high-priest_ Who was president of the council, and, as such, the mouth of the court; _Are these things so?_ Are they as these witnesses have deposed? for thou art permitted to speak for...
MESOPOTAMIA; this word means between two rivers; it was the country which lay between the Tigris and the Euphrates. In this region was Ur of the Chaldees, where lived Terah, the father of Abraham. CHA...
THE DEFENSE OF STEPHEN AND HIS DEATH. Stephen refers to the call of Abraham:...
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 CHARRAN,...
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 HE SAID, " BRETHREN AND FATHERS, LISTEN: THE GOD OF GLORY APPEARED TO OUR FATHER ABRAHAM WHEN HE WAS IN MESOPOTAMIA, BEFORE HE DWELT IN HARAN, 1. In his response Stephen begins with: 1. Regard f...
And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 'BRETHREN'-'perhaps shows that. crowd of bystander...
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...
BRETHREN; to take away any prejudice they might have conceived against him, and to recommend, not his person as much as his doctrine to them, he calls them _brethren; _ 1. As hoping in the same promi...
2 4. We will now take up the different sections of the discourse, treating each separately, and showing their connected bearing upon his main purpose. Before exhibiting the manner in which Moses was t...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III And after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. And He gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac."[204] Tertullian On t...
Acts 7:2 And G1161 said G5346 (G5713) Brethren G80 and G2532 fathers G3962 listen G191 (G5657) God...
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 he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, and said to him, ‘Get you out of your land, and from...
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...
Acts 7:2 _._ THE GOD OF GLORY APPEARED UNTO OUR FATHER ABRAHAM. That is, this God whose peculiar characteristic in the eyes of the Hebrew people was that visible shining brightness, that outward expre...
BRETHREN AND FATHERS (ανδρες αδελφο κα πατερες). The spectators (brethren) and members of the Sanhedrin (fathers) as Paul in Acts 22:1.HEARKEN (ακουσατε). First aorist (ingressive) active imperat...
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...
STEPHEN ANSWERED. His answer is to give an outline of Jewish history, from Abraham to Christ. This is to show that the "spiritual temple" which is the church of Christ [the messianic community] is the...
_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...
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 7:2. 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...
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...
2 Corinthians 4:4; Acts 22:1; Acts 23:7; Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:1;...
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...
And he said — St. Stephen had been accused of blasphemy against Moses, and even against God; and of speaking against the temple and the law, threatening that Jesus would destroy the one, and change th...