Like his Master, Stephen dies praying for his enemies: cp. Luke 23:34
Acts 8:1. At that time] RV 'on that day.'
Except the apostles] The apostles still wished to achieve the conversion of Jerusalem. Besides, as leaders of the flock, they disdained flight.
Verse Acts 7:60. _HE KNEELED DOWN_] That he might die as the _subject_ of his heavenly MASTER-_acting_ and _suffering_ in the deepest submission to his Divine will and permissive providence; and, at t...
AND HE KNEELED DOWN - This seems to have been a “voluntary” kneeling; a placing himself in this position for the purpose of “prayer,” choosing to die in this attitude. LORD - That is, Lord Jesus. See...
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...
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...
As they listened to this their very hearts were torn with vexation and they gnashed their teeth at him. But he was full of the Holy Spirit and he gazed steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God...
KNEELED DOWN. Literally "placed the knees", an expression used in Luke (Act 22:41) and Acts (here, Acts 9:40; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5), and once in Mark (Acts 15:19). In
_And he kneeled down_ in prayer, probably before the stoning had commenced. _Lord, lay not this sin to their charge_ i.e. Reckon it not against them. The original word is the same as in Romans 10:3, ...
ΘΕῚΣ ΔῈ ΤᾺ ΓΌΝΑΤΑ, _and kneeling down_: to pray, probably before the stoning commenced. This shews that the proceeding of the people was somewhat deliberate, and not a mere act of mob violence. τιθέν...
EFFECT OF THE SPEECH. DEATH OF STEPHEN...
_STEPHEN, THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR ACTS 7:51-60:_ Stephen charged the people with: (1) being stiff necked, (2) uncircumcised in heart, (3) resisting the Holy Ghost, and (4) failing to keep the word...
ΘΕΊΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) помещать; здесь: становиться на колени, ΓΌΝΑΤΑ _асс. pl. от_ ΓΌΝΥ (G1119) колено, ΈΚΡΑΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 7:57. ΣΤΉΣΗΣ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜ...
DISCOURSE: 1757 THE DEATH OF STEPHEN Acts 7:59. _And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not...
LORD, LAY NOT THIS SIN TO THEIR CHARGE.— The original is emphatical; literally, _Weigh not out to them this sin,_ that is, "The punishment due to it;" alluding to passages of Scripture where God is re...
OUTSIDE THE CITY WALL. Acts 7:58-60. 58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul, 59 And they stoned Step...
See notes on verse 54...
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. AND HE KNEELED DOWN, AND CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE - with somethi...
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...
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...
LORD, LAY NOT THIS SIN TO THEIR CHARGE. — Here again we cannot help finding proof, not only that the mind of Stephen was after the mind of Christ, but that the narrative of the Crucifixion, as recorde...
CHAPTER 16 THE FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYRDOM. Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1 THE apology of Stephen struck the keynote of Christian freedom, traced out the fair proportions of the Catholic Church, while the actual...
θεὶς δὲ τὰ γόνατα : a phrase not used in classical writers, but Blass compares Ovid, _Fasti_, ii., 438; five times in St. Luke's writings, Luke 22:41; Acts 9:40; Acts 20:36;...
A MARTYR'S GLORIOUS DEATH Acts 7:47-60 Words like these could not be forgiven. The growing irritation of the audience seems to have extorted those burning remonstrances, and to have hastened the fin...
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...
Stephen Slain For Preaching the Truth Like their fathers before them, Stephen accused the members of the council of having necks so rock hard that they could not bow before God. Though they had been c...
(11) And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, (c) lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he (d) fell asleep. (11) Faith and charity never forsake the true servant...
_“And putting down his knees he cried with a great voice, O Lord, charge not this sin to them.”_ Here we see that Stephen knelt among the stony shower and prayed for the preachers and church officers...
REFLECTIONS Reader! let you and I bless God the Spirit, for this most precious sermon of his servant Stephen. Surely God the Holy Ghost would not have caused it to have been so fully recorded, (since...
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. (52) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain...
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...
60._Kneeling down, he cried. _This is the other part of his prayer, wherein he joineth the love of men with faith in Christ; and surely if we desire to be gathered to Christ for our salvation, we must...
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 KNEELED DOWN,.... It seems as if he stood before while they were stoning him, and while he was commending his soul to Christ, but now he kneeled down; prayer may be performed either kneeling or...
_And_ thus _they stoned Stephen_ Who, during this furious assault, continued with his eyes fixed on the heavenly glory, of which he had so bright a vision, _calling upon God_ The word _God_ is not in...
THIS SIN; the sin of murdering him on account of his friendship to Christ. Matthew 5:44; LUKE 23:34. FELL ASLEEP; peacefully died, and was received to glory by Jesus Christ, to whom he prayed....
AND HE KNEELED DOWN, AND CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, LORD, LAY NOT THIS SIN TO THEIR CHARGE. AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS, HE FELL ASLEEP. The last announcement of Stephen, concerning the vision which was g...
The stoning of Stephen:...
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...
THEN HE KNELT DOWN AND CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE, " LORD, DO NOT CHARGE THEM WITH THIS SIN. " AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS, HE FELL ASLEEP. 1. Forgiveness takes three forms 1. Ultimate and complete f...
Moses And The Gods Of Egypt. John. J. Davis pp. 63-64....
54-60 Nothing is so comfortable to dying saints, or so encouraging to suffering saints, as to see Jesus at the right hand of God: blessed be God, by faith we may see him there. Stephen offered up two...
HE KNEELED DOWN; a posture used in most earnest prayers; and if so, he prayed at least as earnestly for his enemies as for himself, he praying for them kneeling, and for himself standing. LAY NOT THIS...
Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience the stedfastness of patience and endurance? And this we see done in the case of Stephen, who, when he was slain by the Jews with violence and stoning,...
Acts 7:60 Then G1161 down G5087 (G5631) G1119 out G2896 (G5656) loud G3173 voice G5456 Lord...
‘And he knelt down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not lay this sin to their charge.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.' And then as the stones rained down on him he knelt, and cryin...
THE FINAL CONCLUSION (7:54-60). Learned judges do not like those who are on trial trying to convict them of being criminals, and as they were unwilling to admit that they were wrong the result was in...
Acts 7:60. AND HE KNEELED DOWN. Some would explain these words as though this kneeling posture was caused by the stones falling thickly around and upon him; so the writer in the well-known _Diet, of t...
KNEELED DOWN (θεις τα γονατα). Second aorist active participle of τιθημ, placing the knees (on the ground). This idiom is not in the old Greek for kneeling, but Luke has it five times (Luke 22:41; A...
SIN SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Acts 7:59 Note: I. The faith of Stephen. How was it manifested, and in what respect may we seek to imitate it? Now, I think we may say that as his faith was seen in every part of his trial, so most r...
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...
LORD JESUS, RECEIVE MY SPIRIT! This shows his confident faith! HE KNELT DOWN. The point is, that like Jesus, he prayed for his enemies. AND DIED. Stephen's death was murder because: (1) no vote was ta...
_Then they cried with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him._ THE FIRST GOSPEL MARTYR I. The matter for which he died. II. The Divine assistance which he experienced. III. The com...
_And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice._ THE BEST TESTAMENT OF A CHRISTIAN To commend-- 1. His soul to heaven. 2. His body to the earth. 3. His friends to the Divine protection. 4. Hi...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 7:59 Stephen’s dying prayer recalls Jesus’ words during his crucifixion (Luke 23:34, Luke 23:46)....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 7:54. CUT TO THE HEART.—See on Acts 7:33. The word describes a keener pang than “pricked “in Acts 2:37. GNASHED ON HIM WITH THEIR TEETH.—Lit. _snapped their teeth against him_,...
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...
1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Corinthians 15:18; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Corinthians 15:51;...
Lay not this sin to their charge [μ η σ τ η σ η ς α υ τ ο ι ς τ η ν α μ α ρ τ ι α ν τ α υ τ η ν]. Lit., fix not this sin upon them. He fell asleep [ε κ ο ι μ η θ η]. Marking his calm and peaceful deat...
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...
We had St. Stephen's prayer in the foregoing verse for himself: here in this verse he prays for his murderers. Here note, 1. His pious charity in forgiving his enemies, and praying for them, that God...