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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 45. _BROUGHT IN WITH JESUS_] That is, with JOSHUA, whom the
Greek version, quoted by St. Stephen, always writes ιησους,
JESUS, but which should constantly be written _Joshua_ in such cases
as th...
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OUR FATHERS THAT CAME AFTER - None of the generation that came out of
Egypt were permitted to enter into the and of Canaan except Caleb and
Joshua, Numbers 14:22; Numbers 32:11. Hence, it is said that...
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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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_Which also our fathers that came after_ Better, _having received it
after_. For all the generation that came out of Egypt was dead at the
entry into Canaan except Caleb and Joshua.
_brought in with...
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ἫΝ ΚΑῚ ΕἸΣΉΓΑΓΟΝ ΔΙΑΔΕΞΆΜΕΝΟΙ Κ.Τ.Λ.,
_which also our fathers having received it after_, &c. All the
generation that came out of Egypt was dead at the entry into Canaan
except Caleb and Joshua.
ΜΕΤᾺ...
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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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ΕΊΣΉΓΑΓΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΣΆΓΩ (G1521)
вносить,
ΔΙΑΔΕΞΆΜΕΝΟΙ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΔΙΑΔΈΧΟΜΑΙ (G1237) принимать от другого,
передавать по наследству (RWP; BAGD).
ΚΑΤΆΣΧΕΣΙΣ (G2697) владе...
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WITH JESUS— _With Joshua._ The word εθνων, rendered _Gentiles,_
would more properly be rendered _heathens_ in this place....
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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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Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the
possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our
fathers, unto the days of David;
WHICH ALSO OUR FATHERS T...
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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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7:45 possession (c-17) Lit. 'in taking possession of.'...
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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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BROUGHT IN WITH JESUS. — This is, of course, as in Hebrews 4:8, the
“Joshua” of the Old Testament. It would, perhaps, have been
better, as a general rule, to have reproduced the Hebrew rather than
the...
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διαδεξάμενοι : having received in their turn, _i.e._, from
Moses, only here in N.T., _cf._ 4Ma 4:15; so also in classical Greek,
in Dem. and in Polyb., _cf._ διαδοχῆς, “in their turn,”
Herod., viii.,...
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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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Which also our fathers that came after (s) brought in with Jesus into
the (t) possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out (u) before the
face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
(s) Delivered...
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Jesus, E. V., in this verse, should read Joshua, as in R. V. The
solution consists in the fact that Joshua is a Hebrew word, which
means Jesus in Greek. The great general reason why Moses could not
le...
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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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45._Which they brought in. _This serveth to increase the _frowardness
_(461) of the nation, that whereas the tabernacle did continue with
them, and they carried the same whithersoever they went, yet c...
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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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WHICH ALSO OUR FATHERS THAT CAME AFTER,.... Who came after those that
died in the wilderness, and never saw nor entered into the land of
Canaan; the children of that generation whose carcasses fell in...
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Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the
possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our
fathers, unto the days of David;
Ver. 45. _Brought in_] Thi...
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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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JESUS; Joshua. Jesus in Greek is the same as Joshua in Hebrew. Joshua
1:1-2; HEBREWS 4:8; JOSHUA 11:23....
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WHICH ALSO OUR FATHERS THAT CAME AFTER BROUGHT IN WITH JESUS INTO THE
POSSESSION OF THE GENTILES, WHOM GOD DROVE OUT BEFORE THE FACE OF OUR
FATHERS, UNTO THE DAYS OF DAVID;...
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The Tabernacle and the Temple:...
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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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WHICH OUR FATHERS, HAVING RECEIVED IT IN TURN, ALSO BROUGHT WITH
JOSHUA INTO THE LAND POSSESSED BY THE GENTILES, WHOM GOD DROVE OUT
BEFORE THE FACE OF OUR FATHERS UNTIL THE DAYS OF DAVID,
1. The KJV s...
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Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when
they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out
before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
'BROUGHT...
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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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JESUS, or Joshua, it being the same name, as appears also, HEBREWS
4:8, only Jesus is more according to the Greek use: Joshua was a type
of Jesus, and agreed with him in his name, and in the reason of...
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Acts 7:45 G2532 which G3739 our G2257 fathers G3962 received G1237
(G5666) brought G1521 (G5627) with...
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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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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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‘Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua
(Jesus) when they entered on the possession of the nations, whom God
thrust out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,'
It...
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Acts 7:45. WHICH ALSO OUR FATHERS... BROUGHT IN WITH JOSHUA. Stephen
is here rapidly sketching the history of the sacred tent of the
Witness, which continued to be the sanctuary not merely in the
wild...
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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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WHICH
(ην). Agreeing with σκηνην, not with τυπον.IN THEIR TURN
(διαδεξαμενο). First aorist middle participle of
διαδεχομα, to receive through another, to receive in
sucession or in turn. Late Gre...
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JESUS
That is, Joshua....
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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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_To whom our fathers would not obey._
THE SIN OF ISRAEL
I. Its manifold nature.
1. Disobedience (Acts 7:39). There is hardly a phase of Jewish history
in which this sin does not appear. It was manif...
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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 7:1. 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 7:45. 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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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 16:39; 1 Chronicles 17:27; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 1 Kings
8:4;...
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That came after [δ ι α δ ε ξ α μ ε ν ο ι]. Only here in
New Testament. The verb originally means to receive from one another,
in succession; and that appears to be the more simple and natural
renderin...
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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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Which our fathers having received — From their ancestors; brought
into the possession of the Gentiles — Into the land which the
Gentiles possessed before. So that God's favour is not a necessary
conse...